Krasnoyarsk Railway () is a subsidiary of the

Russian Railways Russian Railways or RZD () is a Russian fully state-owned vertically integrated railway company, both managing infrastructure and operating freight and passenger train services and has a near-monopoly on long-distance train travel in Russia. ...

headquartered in

Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is situated along the Yenisey, Yenisey River, and is the second-largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk, with a p ...

and serving the south of

Siberia Siberia ( ; , ) is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has formed a part of the sovereign territory of Russia and its predecessor states ...

.Статистика , Красноярская ЖД
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Main information

Its mainline is a link in the

Trans-Siberian Railway The Trans-Siberian Railway, historically known as the Great Siberian Route and often shortened to Transsib, is a large railway system that connects European Russia to the Russian Far East. Spanning a length of over , it is the longest railway ...

crossing the

Krasnoyarsk Krai Krasnoyarsk Krai (, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (a krai) of Russia located in Siberia. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Krasnoyarsk, the second-largest city in Siberia after ...

and

Khakassia Khakassia (), officially the Republic of Khakassia, is a republic of Russia located in southern Siberia. It is situated between Krasnoyarsk Krai to the north and the Altai Republic to the south. The capital city of Khakassia is Abakan, and the ...

. It is located between the West Siberian Railway and East Siberian Railway. Its length is estimated at 3157,9 km (as of 2009).Стабильный путь , Номер газеты "Гудок" от 29.12.2009 , Газета "Гудок"
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History

Regular traffic on the road between Novonikolaevsk (now

Novosibirsk Novosibirsk is the largest city and administrative centre of Novosibirsk Oblast and the Siberian Federal District in Russia. As of the 2021 Russian census, 2021 census, it had a population of 1,633,595, making it the most populous city in Siber ...

) and

opened in 1898, between

and

Irkutsk Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and , ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 587,891 Irkutsk is the List of cities and towns in Russ ...

in 1899 after the completion of the construction of the largest railway bridge in Asia over the Yenisei. In the period from January 1904 to October 1905 Siberian railway played a big role in providing military transportation during the

Russo-Japanese war The Russo-Japanese War (8 February 1904 – 5 September 1905) was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire. The major land battles of the war were fought on the ...

. In 1926 built the line Achinsk – Abakan (Achinsk-Minusinsk railway). In 1949 began the construction of the line

Novokuznetsk Novokuznetsk (, , ; )Чиспияков Э. Ф. (1992) ''Учебник шорского языка''. Кемеровское книжное издательство. p. 27. is a city in Kemerovo Oblast (Kuzbass) in southwestern Siberia, Russia ...

– Abakan, in 1950, began construction of the station Abaza. In the 1960s to build Achinsk – Lesosibirsk, Red Hill – Kiya-Salter, Kamusta – Sayano-Shushenskaya power station. In 1965, completed the construction of the line Abakan – Taishet branch Uyar – Sayan. In the 1970s the line was built resota – Karabula.

railway was first formed on 28 February 1936 on the basis of the decision of Council of people's Commissars of the

USSR The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

No. 378 of 27 February 1936 G. 9 May 1961, the road was abolished on the basis of the Decree of the

Council of Ministers No. 406 dated 6 May 1961 G. In the period 1961–1979, the road was part of the East Siberian Railway. 17 January 1979 road re-allocated from the East Siberian Railway on the basis of the Decree of the

Council of Ministers No. 1091 of 28 December 1978 G. 1 October 2003 Krasnoyarsk railway became a part of

on the territorial rights of the branch. Krasnoyarsk Railway in 2008 carried 4,099 million passengers in long-distance communication and 12,378 million in the suburban. In 2008 dear transported 68,2 million tons of various cargoes. Basic nomenclature of the goods transported include coal, timber, ore, building materials and bulk cargoes. Today the Krasnoyarsk railway of

is 97 structural units: 176 stations, 17 of the track, 6 track machine stations, 10 of signalling and communication, 18 container yards and other production units. 7 December 2004 — the 70th anniversary since the formation of

was put into operation a new railway station of the regional center. The decision to build a new station of Krasnoyarsk was adopted in 2003 due to a significant increase in passenger traffic in Krasnoyarsk. The construction of the station and the railway station spent about half a billion rubles. Today Krasnoyarsk train station is considered one of the most beautiful and comfortable in the territory of the Urals. The new building has 16 ticket offices, is 6 more than before. Increased area of the station. Improved service passengers. 4 June 2005, opened a new station square station

. The cost of reconstruction of the station square amounted to 170 million rubles. It has increased by a total of fifteen hundred meters (7 to 9 and a half). The unique size makes sculptural composition – the figure of a lion mounted on a 16-meter-high stele. Lion with the sickle and the shovel – the heraldic symbol of Krasnoyarsk. By the way, Krasnoyarsk station square is the only one in the country, decorated with heraldic symbols.Статистика , Красноярская ЖД
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Tuva Tuva (; ) or Tyva (; ), officially the Republic of Tyva,; , is a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia. Tuva lies at the geographical center of Asia, in southern Siberia. The republic borders the Federal subjects of Russia, federal sub ...

from

Kyzyl Kyzyl ( ) is the capital city of the Republic of Tuva within the Russian Federation. Kyzyl's population is approximately History The city was founded in 1914 as Belotsarsk. It was renamed Hem-Beldir from 1918 to 1926. When the city was the ca ...

. After completion it is expected to pass this road under the management of the Krasnoyarsk railway. The number of employees on the road to 31 thousand people.

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* {{Authority control Railway lines in Russia Railway lines opened in 1899 Rail transport in Krasnoyarsk Krai Rail transport in Khakassia Trans-Siberian Railway Rail transport in Siberia 1899 establishments in the Russian Empire