Railway Transport

Railway Transport. There are two railway arteries crossing the Territory - the Trans - Siberian Railway and Baikal-Amur Mainline - which connect the eastern and western parts of the country. The continental network and that of the island of Sakhalin are linked by a sea-going ferry Vanino - Kholmsk 270 km long. The total railway length, one way approaches to the mainlines including, is 2,3 thd km or over 14 of the total Far-Eastern road network length. Over 80 of the territorial cargo exchange with the other regions of the country and 72 of the intraregional cargo freights are carried out by rail. Every year about 20 mln tons of varios commercial cargo are delivered and backhauled to the sea ports and the China border stations . modernization of the single railroad bridge across the Amur river near Khabarovsk 2617 m long, which is the last one way section of the Trans-Siberian Railway, is under way.