Railways of the Commonwealth of Independent States
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Railways of the Commonwealth of Independent States are the interconnected national rail networks of former Soviet republics, forming one of the world’s largest continuous railway systems and a key freight and passenger transport corridor across Eurasia.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eurasian transport corridor
ⓘ
railway network ⓘ transport infrastructure system ⓘ |
| connectsRegion |
Caucasus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Europe ⓘ Siberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Chinese railway network
ⓘ
European standard-gauge network NERFINISHED ⓘ Iranian railway network NERFINISHED ⓘ Mongolian railway network ⓘ |
| followsStandard | Russian gauge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBorderCrossingIssue |
break-of-gauge at China–CIS borders
ⓘ
break-of-gauge at EU–CIS borders ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Armenian Railways
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Azerbaijan Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ Belarusian Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ Estonian Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ Georgian Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ Kazakhstan Temir Zholy NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyrgyz Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ Latvian Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ Lithuanian Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ Moldovan Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ Tajik Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkmenistan Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ Ukrainian Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ Uzbekistan Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicRole |
key infrastructure for domestic connectivity
ⓘ
key infrastructure for export of raw materials ⓘ |
| hasElectrificationType |
AC overhead electrification
ⓘ
DC overhead electrification ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | post-Soviet era ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPredecessor | Soviet Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasKeyFunction |
freight transport
ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ |
| hasOperationalFeature |
heavy freight trains
ⓘ
international transit services ⓘ long-distance passenger services ⓘ |
| hasSignallingTradition | Soviet signalling systems ⓘ |
| isMajorCorridorFor |
China–Europe rail freight
ⓘ
trans-Eurasian container traffic ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Commonwealth of Independent States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ |
| partOf | Eurasian Land Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sharesTechnicalLegacyWith | Soviet railway engineering standards ⓘ |
| usesTrackGauge |
1520 mm gauge
ⓘ
1524 mm gauge ⓘ |
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