Yamal Railway


Yamal Railway is a railway operator in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug in Russia.
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Main information

The company was created in 2003 by the Yamal administration and Russian Railways.
The main activity is the operation of the lines Korotchaevo – Novy Urengoy–Nadym and Korotchaevo–Novy Urengoy–Yamburg.
Projects of the Yamal railway company:
  • The completion and restoration of the railway line Obskaya–Salekhard–Nadym;
  • The construction of new railway line midnight – art Ob-2 ;
  • The completion and restoration of the line Korotchaevo–Igarka.
The branch Novy Urengoy–Pangody–Nadym was restored in the 1970s, part of the Transpolar mainline.

Plans

The company develops the Obskaya – Polunochnoye railway construction project along the Eastern slope of the Ural Mountains. Investment substantiation for construction of railway track prepares Saint-Petersburg company. Preliminary costs will be not less than 62 billion.
The company also expects to recover the Labytnangi – Nadym Transpolar mainline, which was abandoned in 1953.
Construction of the Obskaya – Polunochnoye railway and full recovery of Transpolar railway required the construction of a bridge across the Ob River. The agreement on construction of the combined rail and road bridge across the Ob was signed in December 2008 by the administration of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and the Federal Agency of railway transport of Russia.

Ownership

Owners of JSC Yamal Railway Company as of December 2015: