Zavodskaya line

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, Zavodskaya line (1916 - 1920s)

Legend lake Sestroretsk armory 5.4 Sestroretsk railway station Sestroretsk Trackside line Miller's line 5.2 To Miller's pier line SPb-Sestr.-Beloostr. Finlyandsky Rail Term. Sestroretsk 3.9 Kurort 3.6 Beloostrov line Sestroretsk spur line (1871-1873) line Miller's line (1873-1886) 3.4 Sestra line Vyborg Zelenogorsk Solnechnoye 0.3 0.0 Beloostrov line Finlyandsky Rail Term. Lanskaya Pesochny Distances in kilometers

The Zavodskaya line was a freight railway in Russia. The railway was opened in May 1916 for transportation to the Sestroretsk armory. The rolling stock was leased from Finnish railways. The start of World War I was the initial reason for the construction of the railway. The length of the line passed entirely on the territory of the Russia.

Construction[]

The line partially used old lines from the Sestroretsk spur line:

• In that part where the Sestra river forms the frontier, the railroad tracks go on the Russian side.
• Further, in that part where both coasts are Russian, the line crosses the river at .
• The Sestroretsk station also lies along the Sestroretsk spur line.

Closure[]

The line existed for only a brief period. After the Russian Revolution (1917), the Sestroretsk armory practically stopped production, and in the 1920s, there was a complication of relations between the USSR and Finland. The bridge was destroyed, and the line was disassembled.

Partial re-opening[]

Later, the part of a line from the bridge straight across the Sestra river was restored and was a part of the .^[1]

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