Baikal–Amur Mainline

E104485

railway line transport infrastructure project

The Baikal–Amur Mainline is a major Soviet-era railway line in Russia that runs parallel to the Trans-Siberian Railway, traversing remote regions of Siberia and the Russian Far East.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Baikal–Amur Mainline canonical	13
Baikal–Amur Mainline corridor	1
Байкало-Амурская магистраль	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	railway line ⓘ transport infrastructure project ⓘ
associatedWith	Soviet industrialization policies ⓘ
builtBy	Gulag prisoners ⓘ Komsomol ⓘ surface form: Komsomol volunteers Soviet Union ⓘ
connectsTo	Trans-Siberian Railway ⓘ surface form: Trans-Siberian Railway at Tayshet Trans-Siberian Railway via branches ⓘ
constructionChallenges	mountainous terrain ⓘ permafrost ⓘ remote location ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1930s ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
crosses	Amur River ⓘ surface form: Amur River basin Siberia ⓘ surface form: Lake Baikal region permafrost areas ⓘ
electrification	partially electrified ⓘ
endPoint	Sovetskaya Gavan ⓘ
era	Soviet era ⓘ
follows	Trans-Siberian Railway ⓘ
gauge	1,520 mm ⓘ
hasMajorStation	Komsomolsk-on-Amur ⓘ Severobaikalsk ⓘ Sovetskaya Gavan ⓘ Tynda ⓘ
languageOfName	Russian ⓘ
locatedIn	Far Eastern Federal District ⓘ surface form: Russian Far East Siberia ⓘ
majorConstructionPeriod	1974–1984 ⓘ
notableStructure	Severomuysky Tunnel ⓘ
opened	1984 ⓘ
passesThrough	Amur Oblast ⓘ Republic of Buryatia ⓘ surface form: Buryatia Irkutsk Oblast ⓘ Jewish Autonomous Oblast ⓘ Khabarovsk Krai ⓘ Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia ⓘ surface form: Krasnoyarsk Krai Zabaykalsky Krai ⓘ
purpose	development of remote regions of Siberia and the Far East ⓘ strategic alternative to the Trans-Siberian Railway ⓘ
runsParallelTo	Trans-Siberian Railway ⓘ
RussianName	Baikal–Amur Mainline self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Байкало-Амурская магистраль
startPoint	Tayshet ⓘ
status	in operation ⓘ
strategicImportance	access to natural resources ⓘ military logistics ⓘ
totalLength	approximately 4,300 km ⓘ
usedFor	freight transport ⓘ passenger transport ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amur Oblast → hasTransportInfrastructure → Baikal–Amur Mainline ⓘ

Russian Railways → operatesRoute → Baikal–Amur Mainline ⓘ

Vanino → railwayTerminusOf → Baikal–Amur Mainline ⓘ

Vanino → transportCorridor → Baikal–Amur Mainline ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baikal–Amur Mainline corridor

Ministry of Railways of the USSR → oversaw → Baikal–Amur Mainline ⓘ

Trans-Siberian Railway → hasBranch → Baikal–Amur Mainline ⓘ

Irkutsk Oblast → hasTransport → Baikal–Amur Mainline ⓘ

Tynda → locatedOn → Baikal–Amur Mainline ⓘ

Tynda → railwayJunctionFor → Baikal–Amur Mainline ⓘ

Baikal–Amur Mainline → RussianName → Baikal–Amur Mainline self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Байкало-Амурская магистраль

Skovorodino → hasTransportConnection → Baikal–Amur Mainline ⓘ

Skovorodino → railwayJunctionFor → Baikal–Amur Mainline ⓘ

Russian gauge → usedOnNetwork → Baikal–Amur Mainline ⓘ

Sovetskaya Gavan → railwayConnection → Baikal–Amur Mainline ⓘ

Sovetskaya Gavan → railwayTerminus → Baikal–Amur Mainline ⓘ