Obskaya–Bovanenkovo Line

Obskaya–Bovanenkovo Railway line in blue colour

A train on the Obskaya–Bovanenkovo railway

Legend

km

678

Kharasavei

(under construction)

572

Karskaya

557

Razjezd No. 26

552

Razjezd No. 25

to Tambei/Sabetta (planned)

525

Bovanenkovo

507

Razjezd No. 24 (never built)

486

Razjezd No. 23

466

Razjezd No. 22 (never built)

456

Razjezd No. 21 (never built)

438

Jasoveito

424

Razjezd No. 20

400

Razjezd No. 19

376

Razjezd No. 18

365

Sokhonto

346

Razjezd No. 16 (never built)

333

Yuribei bridge

331

Vladimir Nak

(Razjezd No. 15)

312

Razjezd No. 14 (never built)

291

Razjezd No. 13

283

267

Khralov

(Razjezd No. 12)

247

Razjezd No. 11 (out of operation)

224

222

Kanary

(Razjezd No. 10)

200

Razjezd No. 9 (never built)

193

to Port Novy (planned)

189

Pajuta

168

Razjezd No. 8 (never built)

157

Skalnaya

146

Razjezd No. 7 (never built)

128

Razjezd No. 6 (never built)

112

Razjezd No. 5

110

Shchuchya

90

Yamto (never built)

76

Razjezd No. 4

72

57

Razjezd No. 3 (out of operation)

37

Razjezd No. 2

32

19

Razjezd No. 1

Northern Latitudinal Railway
to Labytnangi

0

Obskaya

Northern Latitudinal Railway
to Chum

km

The Obskaya–Bovanenkovo Line is a 572-kilometre long (355 mi) railway line in northern Russia, built and owned and operated by Gazprom.^[1] It was opened for traffic in 2010 and was built for the gas fields around Bovanenkovo on the Yamal Peninsula, the Yamal project. In February 2011, it was extended to the Karskaya station, making it 572 km long.^[2]

The railway contains a 3.9-kilometre long (2.4 mi) bridge, the Yuribey Bridge. It starts at Obskaya, branching off the Salekhard–Igarka Railway. The rail distance between Moscow and Bovanenkovo is 2,906 kilometres (1,806 mi).

There are plans to extend the railway to Kharasavey making the railway 678 kilometres (421 mi) long.^[3] Another plan is to extend the railway to the Yamal LNG installations at Sabetta.^[4]

Most northerly railway[]

The railway is the northernmost railway in the world,^[3] since Bovanenkovo is located at

70°22′30″N 68°40′12″E / 70.37500°N 68.67000°E, farther north than the Kirkenes–Bjørnevatn Line, traditionally seen as the northernmost. Plans to construct a more northerly railway to serve the Baffinland Iron Mine in Canada^[5] have been deferred.^[6] Before completion of the railway to Bovanenkovo, the most northerly railway in Russia was the Norilsk railway.