BAM (Baikal-Amur Mainline)

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:railway_line
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:Soviet_Army
prison labor
Komsomol volunteers
gptkbp:connectsTo gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkb:Trans-Siberian_Railway
Baikal Lake region
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 1930s
gptkbp:crosses gptkb:Amur_River
gptkb:Baikal_Mountains
gptkb:Stanovoy_Range
gptkbp:electrification partially
gptkbp:endPoint gptkb:Sovetskaya_Gavan
gptkbp:featuredIn Soviet propaganda
gptkbp:gauge Russian gauge (1,520 mm)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label BAM (Baikal-Amur Mainline)
gptkbp:length about 4,300 km
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Russia
gptkbp:majorConstructionPeriod 1974–1991
gptkbp:nickname The Construction Project of the Century
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Severomuysky_Tunnel
gptkbp:notableBuilding Amur River Bridge at Komsomolsk-on-Amur
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Novy_Urgal
gptkb:Severobaikalsk
gptkb:Tynda
gptkb:Komsomolsk-on-Amur
gptkb:Sovetskaya_Gavan
gptkbp:notableFeature permafrost engineering
remote settlements
resource extraction sites
gptkbp:opened 1984
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Russian_Railways
gptkbp:parallelTo gptkb:Trans-Siberian_Railway
gptkbp:passesThrough gptkb:Khabarovsk_Krai
gptkb:Buryatia
gptkb:Zabaykalsky_Krai
gptkb:Sakha_Republic
gptkb:Irkutsk_Oblast
gptkb:Amur_Oblast
gptkb:Jewish_Autonomous_Oblast
gptkbp:purpose strategic alternative to Trans-Siberian Railway
resource development
gptkbp:startPoint gptkb:Tayshet
gptkbp:symbol Soviet engineering
Soviet youth movement
gptkbp:website https://bam.rzd.ru/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tynda
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7