Tayga railway station

Tayga
West Siberian Railway terminal

View of the station from platform 3.
Location  Russia, Tayga
Owned by Russian Railways (West Siberian Railway)
Line(s) NovosibirskKrasnoyarsk
TaygaTomsk
TaygaKemerovo
Platforms 3 (2 island platforms)
Tracks 10
Construction
Parking yes
Other information
Station code 873308[1]
History
Opened 1898[2]
Electrified yes
Services
Preceding station   West Siberian Railway   Following station

Tayga (Russian: Тайга-Главная) is a major junction railway station on the West Siberian Railway in Russia. The biggest railway station of Tayga and one of the biggest in Russia.[3]

History

After the completion of the Siberian Railway in Central Siberia was an unmarked junction, where the railway went to Tomsk. Later the siding was called Tomsk-Tayozhny, and in 1913, was renamed into Tayga.

In the design and construction of the station was attended by Russian engineer and writer Garin-Mikhailovsky.

After construction of the bypass railway and the construction of another station in the town of Tayga (Tayga-2) for a long time, the station was called Tayga-1. However, in the 1990s after partial disassembly of a bypass road and Tayga-2 conversion in the siding, the station again became known as Tayga (without a number).[4]

During the use of steam locomotives required lots of water. First was mined using wells and serving on the speakers using a typical water tower. But eventually the water became too small and had to build a water pipeline from the Yaya river, where he built a dam and a pumping station.[5]

Trains

References

  1. Stations of Russia on paravoz.com
  2. Железнодорожные станции СССР. Справочник. — М.: Транспорт, 1981
  3. Tayga station in Russia
  4. The station in Music
  5. Железнодорожные станции СССР. Справочник. — М.: Транспорт, 1981
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Coordinates: 56°03′44″N 85°37′48″E / 56.0621°N 85.6300°E / 56.0621; 85.6300

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