Baikal-Amur Mainline

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:railway_line
gptkbp:builtBy Komsomol volunteers
gptkbp:connects gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkb:Russian_Far_East
gptkb:Lake_Baikal
gptkb:Siberia
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 1930s
gptkbp:crosses gptkb:Lake_Baikal
gptkbp:electrification partially electrified
gptkbp:endPoint gptkb:Sovetskaya_Gavan
gptkbp:featuredIn Soviet propaganda
gptkbp:freightTraffic gptkb:coal
wood
minerals
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:gauge 1,520 mm
gptkbp:hasBranch gptkb:Berkakit–Tommot–Yakutsk_line
gptkb:Izvestkovaya–Chegdomyn_line
gptkb:Little_BAM
gptkb:Tynda–Berkakit_line
gptkbp:hasStation gptkb:Novy_Urgal
gptkb:Severobaikalsk
gptkb:Tynda
gptkb:Komsomolsk-on-Amur
gptkb:Sovetskaya_Gavan
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Soviet megaproject
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Baikal-Amur Mainline
gptkbp:length 4,324 km
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Russia
gptkbp:majorConstructionPeriod 1974–1984
gptkbp:nickname BAM
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Severomuysky_Tunnel
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Amur_River_Bridge
gptkbp:notableFeature permafrost engineering
difficult climate
remote terrain
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:Irkutsk_Oblast
gptkb:Amur_Oblast
gptkb:Jewish_Autonomous_Oblast
gptkbp:purpose strategic alternative to Trans-Siberian Railway
gptkbp:startPoint gptkb:Tayshet
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Russian_Far_East
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5