Obskaya–Bovanenkovo railway

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The Obskaya–Bovanenkovo railway is a remote Russian Arctic rail line built primarily to support gas field development on the Yamal Peninsula.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf rail transport infrastructure
railway line
builtFor Yamal gas fields
cargoType construction materials
equipment for gas fields
climateZone permafrost
subarctic
connectedTo Russian national railway network
constructionChallenges extreme Arctic climate
permafrost engineering
constructionMethod adapted for unstable ground
constructionStartDate 2006
country Russia
electrification no
endPoint Bovanenkovo settlement
surface form: Bovanenkovo
gauge 1,520 mm
hasEconomicFunction resource extraction support
hasEconomicSector natural gas industry
hasEnvironment tundra
hasLanguageOfOfficialDocuments Russian
hasOwnerHeadquartersLocation Moscow
hasOwnerType state-controlled company infrastructure
hasSafetyConcern frost heave and ground stability
hasSubstrate permafrost soils
hasTransportMode rail
lineType freight railway
industrial railway
locatedIn Northern Siberia
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
locatedOn Yamal Peninsula
notableFeature built on continuous permafrost
one of the northernmost railways in the world
openingDate 2011
operator Gazprom
owner Gazprom
partOf Yamal gas fields
surface form: Yamal gas development project
primaryPurpose freight transport
support gas field development
region Arctic region
surface form: Russian Arctic
serves Bovanenkovo gas field
startPoint Obskaya
status in operation
terminusType dead-end terminus at Bovanenkovo
trackConfiguration single track
trackGaugeType Russian broad gauge
uses ballasted track
elevated embankments

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Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug railwayInfrastructure Obskaya–Bovanenkovo railway