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Yakutian Railway ( Russian : Железные дороги Якутии ) is a rail operator in the Republic of Yakutia in Russia .

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12-589: Owners as of September 2018: In 1996, operation began on the Neryungri — Aldan section. In 2002, freight traffic was opened on the site Neryungri — Tommot. Regular passenger service here was opened in 2004. In 2006, after the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Yakutia , an agreement was signed "On the implementation of activities on organization of cargo transportation in freight cars and containers in direct communication". Thereby, Yakutian Railway

24-615: A further step in the development of the road will be the construction of a combined road-rail bridge across the Lena river . In 2017, the line would have reached Yakutsk , after the bridge across Lena River is finished. The headquarters of the railway will move from Aldan to Yakutsk once the line is completed. Neryungri Neryungri (Russian: Нерюнгри , IPA: [ˈnʲerʲʊnɡrʲɪ] ; Yakut : Нүөрүҥгүрү , romanized:  Nüörüñgürü , IPA: [nyøɾyŋgyɾy] ; Evenki : Нерунӈа , romanized:  Nerunŋa )

36-577: A large open pit coal mine northwest across the Chulman River . Neryungri has a subarctic climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfc ) bordering with wet summer subarctic climate Dwc with mild summers and severe winters. Precipitation is moderate, but is significantly higher in the summer than at other times of the year. The climate is extremely cold for the latitude in part due to the Siberian High bringing extremely cold polar air to

48-752: Is mainly in the mining of coal, granite, and gemstones industries, as well as at the power station. Chulman is served by the Chulman Airport and is a station on the Amur–Yakutsk Mainline . Chulman has a subarctic climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfc / Dwc ). Winters are bitterly cold with average temperatures from −33.9 to −26.7 °C (−29.0 to −16.1 °F) in January, while summers are mild with average temperatures from +10.9 to +21.8 °C (51.6 to 71.2 °F) in July. Precipitation

60-484: Is the center of a large coal field discovered about 1970. It is located on the Amur–Yakutsk Mainline and the Lena Highway , 202 kilometers (126 mi) by rail north of Tynda . Nearby, all in the coal basin, are Berkakit : 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) south; Serebryany Bor : 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) east with a thermal coal power plant; Chulman : 30 kilometers (19 mi) north, with the Chulman Airport ; and

72-487: Is the second largest town in the Sakha Republic , Russia and the administrative center of Neryungrinsky District . As of the 2010 Census , its population was 61,747. The name of the town comes is believed to come from Evenki Ньируунгра nyuruungra , meaning "river of graylings ". It was founded due to the development of the nearby coal basin and was granted town status in 1975. Within

84-738: The framework of administrative divisions , Neryungri serves as the administrative center of Neryungrinsky District . As an inhabited locality , Neryungri is classified as a town under republic jurisdiction. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Neryungrinsky District as the Town of Neryungri . As a municipal division , the Town of Neryungri is incorporated within Neryungrinsky Municipal District as Neryungri Urban Settlement . The town

96-702: The framework of administrative divisions , the urban-type settlement of Chulman is incorporated within Neryungrinsky District as the Settlement of Chulman . As a municipal division , the Settlement of Chulman, together with one rural locality (the selo of Bolshoy Khatymi ) under direct jurisdiction of Neryungrinsky District, is incorporated within Neryungrinsky Municipal District as Chulman Urban Settlement . Employment in Chulman

108-418: The city in winters, whereas the relatively high elevation and proximity to the cold Sea of Okhotsk usually prevents the heat waves seen in lower areas of Sakha. Chulman Chulman ( Russian : Чульман ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement ) in Neryungrinsky District of the Sakha Republic , Russia , located 41 kilometers (25 mi) from Neryungri , the administrative center of

120-465: The district, on the Chulman River . As of the 2010 Census , its population was 9,766. The town is located in the Aldan Highlands , there is a deep gorge to the east with white cliffs. It was founded with nineteen inhabitants in 1926. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1941. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, it was the location of a gulag work camp. Within

132-504: Was initiated. In 2010, the stacking "Silver link" at the station Kerdem was produced. On November 15, 2011 the laying of the "Golden link" in the line of Berkakit — Tommot — Nizhny Bestyakh took place. The event was attended by President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev and the head of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin . The length of line at the moment is 808 km. It was assumed that

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144-593: Was officially recognized as the railway infrastructure of common use. In 2007, 50% of the shares belonging to the Russian Federation , were transferred to the ownership of Russian Railways . In the same year the specialists of the company, together with the Federal tariff service was developed by the tariff guide for freight infrastructure Neryungri — Tommot. In 2009, work on the Tommot — Amga section

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