Through traffic on BAM is open – Kommersant
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The through movement of trains along the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) is open, Russian Railways said. At 8:20 Moscow time, after the completion of restoration work at the site of the track erosion, the first passenger train proceeded along the Nizhneangarsk-Kholodnaya section. The movement of freight trains is also fully open.
The Russian Railways said that the movement was resumed ahead of schedule. For this, more than 250 people were involved, as well as 59 pieces of equipment, anti-washout and recovery trains. “The railway workers laid 1,800 meters of new track, restored 21 supports and 1,200 meters of contact network, as well as signaling and communication systems,” the statement said. press release RUSSIAN RAILWAYS.
August 20 at BAM stopped the movement of trains due to the fact that about 200 meters of the railway track were washed away and 10 poles of the contact network were damaged. This happened due to the destruction of the dam and the overflow of the Kholodnaya River. An emergency regime was introduced in the Severo-Baikalsky district. Due to the closure of traffic along the BAM changed scheme of passenger trains.
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