Severo-Kawkasskaya zheleznaya doroga

The Severo-Kawkasskaja seleznaja doroga or North Caucasian Railway ( Russian Северо-Кавказская железная дорога ) is one of the 17 branches of the Russian state railway operator Rossijskije schelesnyje dorogi (RŽD). It is based in the city of Rostov-on-Don .

General data

Administrative building of the North Caucasian Railway in Rostov-on-Don

To the rail network of the North Caucasian Railway includes most Railroads Federal District Southern Federal District , in particular all connections in the Caucasus foothills and in the Russian part Caucasus , thus in federal subjects like the Rostov Oblast , the regions of Krasnodar and Stavropol , and the republics of Kalmykia , Dagestan , Chechnya , Ingushetia , Adygea , North Ossetia-Alania , Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia . The total length of the railway lines operated by the North Caucasian Railway is a good 6300 kilometers with 403 stations and stops (as of 2007). In 2007, almost 38 million passengers were carried in long-distance and almost as many in local transport.

history

The first railway line from today's Severo-Kawkasskaya zhelesnaja doroga network was completed with the connection between Shakhtnaya and Aksai in 1861. This line was connected to Rostov until 1875 and at the same time (1872–75) the Rostov – Vladikavkas railway line was the most important thoroughfare in the North Caucasian network. Today this route is part of the main line that connects Rostov-on-Don (and thus also Moscow and other Russian cities) via Chechnya and Dagestan with the west coast of the Caspian Sea and with Azerbaijan .

Mineralnye Vody railway station

Up until the Second World War , a number of other routes were laid, which make up a large part of today's network. The most important of these are the connections from Armavir via Tuapse to Sochi and Adler (this runs beyond the Georgian border to Sukhumi ), as well as branch lines and the like. a. to Nalchik , Kislovodsk , Novorossiysk and Elista . From 1936, starting with the Mineralnye Vody – Kislovodsk line, most of the lines were electrified.

The largest long-distance train stations in the North Caucasian network today include the train stations in Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar , Armavir, Mineralnye Vody and Sochi.

In 2016, a satellite-based train control system was tested between the Adler and Mazesta train stations (16 km long section of the route in Sochi), in which satellite positioning is linked to movement authorizations transmitted via GSM-R . Proposals for an addition to the specification for ETCS Level 3 currently being developed could be developed from this link .

Future development

The following parts of this section seem since January 2014 is out of date to be : outdated least since the end of the Winter Games information. Which of these was implemented and how?
Please help to research and insert the missing information .

As part of the preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympics , which took place in Sochi, extensive modernization and expansion plans existed for long-distance, but above all for local transport in the Russian Black Sea region. In September 2008, the construction of the first of the two newly planned freight terminals in the city began. There are also plans to modernize the entire railway infrastructure in and around Sochi and build new connections, including a direct connection from the city center to the airport .

literature

• G. Afonina: Kratkie svedenija o razvitii otečestvennych železnych dorog s 1838 po 1990 g. MPS, Moscow 1995 ( Brief information on the development of the national railways from 1838 to 1990 ; Russian).
• Istorija železnodorožnogo transporta Rossii. Tom 1 (1836-1917 gg.) . PGUPS, Saint Petersburg 1994, ISBN 5-85952-005-0 ( History of Russian Railways. Volume 1 (1836–1917) ; Russian).
• Istorija železnodorožnogo transporta Rossii I Sovetskogo Sojuza. Tom 2 (1917-1945 gg.) . PGUPS, Saint Petersburg 1997, ISBN 5-85952-005-0 ( History of rail traffic in Russia and the Soviet Union. Volume 2 (1917–1945) ; Russian).
• Železnodorožnyj transport. Ėncyklopedija . Bolʹšaja Rossijskaja Ėncyklopedija, Moscow 1995, ISBN 5-85270-115-7 ( Railway Transport : Encyclopedia ; Russian).

Web links

Commons : Severo-Kawkasskaya zhelesnaja doroga  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the North Caucasian Railway (Russian)
• Data on the North Caucasian Railway on the RŽD website (in Russian)
• Route diagram with stations to download (Russian)
• Short story (russian)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Combining satellites with ETCS . In: Railway Gazette International . tape 172 , no. 2 , 2016, ISSN  0373-5346 , p. 44 .
2. ↑ RBC.ru, September 18, 2008 ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Rosinvest.com, December 1, 2008  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.