Yamal Railway is a railway operator in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug in Russia.
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 project was suspended in February 2012 in the absence of reliable data on the availability of industrial mineral reserves on the Eastern slope of the Urals); 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: Open Joint-Stock Company "Razvitiya Corporation" (55%) Russian Railways (45%)
References
External links
Official website Transport of Yamal Plans of the company Information about the company