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]
Tayga | ||||||
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| West Siberian Railway terminal | ||||||
 View of the station from platform 3. | ||||||
| General information | ||||||
| Location | Tayga, Russia | |||||
| Coordinates | 56°03′44″N 85°37′48″E / 56.0621°N 85.6300°E | |||||
| Owned by | Russian Railways (West Siberian Railway) | |||||
| Line(s) | Novosibirsk—Krasnoyarsk Tayga—Tomsk Tayga—Kemerovo | |||||
| Platforms | 3 (2 island platforms) | |||||
| Tracks | 10 | |||||
| Construction | ||||||
| Parking | yes | |||||
| Other information | ||||||
| Station code | 873308[1] | |||||
| History | ||||||
| Opened | 1898[2] | |||||
| Electrified | yes | |||||
| Services | ||||||
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History edit
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.
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 much water. First it was acquired from wells and serving on the speakers using a typical water tower. But eventually the water no longer sufficed and it was necessary to build a water pipeline from the Yaya river, where a dam and a pumping station were built.[5]
Trains edit
- Moscow — Vladivostok
- Moscow — Beijing
- Moscow — Ulaanbaatar
- Moscow — Tomsk
- Moscow — Khabarovsk
- Moscow — Krasnoyarsk
- Kislovodsk — Irkutsk
- Moscow — Abakan
- Moscow — Chita
- Moscow — Neryungri
- Moscow — Ulan-Ude
- Moscow — Severobaikalsk
- Adler — Krasnoyarsk
- Adler — Irkutsk
- Anapa — Tomsk
- Novokuznetsk — Tomsk
References edit
- ^ Stations of Russia on paravoz.com
- ^ Железнодорожные станции СССР. Справочник. — М.: Транспорт, 1981
- ^ Tayga station in Russia
- ^ The station in Music Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Железнодорожные станции СССР. Справочник. — М.: Транспорт, 1981
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