Arktika

Russia’s polar flagship crosses the Arctic Circle on the 1916 Murman railway: 35 hours north to a port where winter trains arrive in round-the-clock night.

Stations

1. 0 kmMoscow-Oktyabrskaya
2. 166 kmTver
3. 284 kmVishny Volochok
4. 329 kmBologoye-Moskovskoye
5. 399 kmOkulovka
6. 481 kmMalaya Vishera
7. Show 23 more stations

   1. 525 kmChudovo Moskovskoye
   2. 644 kmSt. Petersburg Ladozhsky
   3. 759 kmВолховстрой I
   4. 880 kmЛодейное Поле
   5. 917 kmПодпорожье
   6. 924 kmСвирь
   7. 1,038 kmPetrozavodsk
   8. 1,092 kmКондопога
   9. 1,158 kmКяппесельга
   10. 1,190 kmМедвежья Гора
   11. 1,299 kmСегежа
   12. 1,317 kmНадвоицы
   13. 1,335 kmКочкома
   14. 1,347 kmИдель
   15. 1,404 kmБеломорск
   16. 1,459 kmКемь
   17. 1,511 kmКузема
   18. 1,566 kmЭнгозеро
   19. 1,583 kmАмбарный
   20. 1,620 kmЛоухи
   21. 1,647 kmЧупа
   22. 1,728 kmКняжая
   23. 1,781 kmKandalaksha
8. 1,808 kmПолярные Зори
9. 1,865 kmАпатиты
10. 1,937 kmОленегорск
11. 2,037 kmКола
12. 2,047 kmМурманск

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 1186671 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 86 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 21 m from it
• The operator publishes this line's timetable: Russian Railways — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the Arktika?

The Arktika runs 1,940 km from Moscow to Murmansk.

How long does the Arktika take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 35 h for the 1,940 km. That is an average of 55 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.

Who runs the Arktika?

RZD, with Arktika № 16/15.

How old is the Arktika?

The line has been in service since 1916. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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