Dymnoye peat railway

Dymnoye peat railway
Dymnoye peat railway
Overview
Locale	Kirov Oblast, Russia
Termini	Svetlopolyansk
Website	www.vyatkatorf.ru
Service
Type	Narrow-gauge railway
Operator(s)	ЗАО «ВяткаТорф»
History
Opened	1967
Technical
Line length	79 kilometres (49 mi)
Track gauge	750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Route map

59°25′14″N 52°22′34″E / 59.42065°N 52.37607°E / 59.42065; 52.37607 The Dymnoye peat railway is located in Kirov Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1967, and has a total length of 79 kilometres (49 mi) is currently operational; the track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in).^[1]

Current status[edit]

Dymnoye peat railway emerged in the 1967s, in the area Verkhnekamsky District, in a settlement named Svetlopolyansk. The railway was built for hauling peat and workers and operates year-round with several pairs of trains a day. Peat is transshipped on broad gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) rail line and taken to Kirov, Sharyu, to a combined heat and power (CHP).^[2]