Vorkuta

Two nights up the Stalin-era Pechora mainline to Vorkuta, a coal city beyond the Arctic Circle that no all-year road reaches — train № 41 is its lifeline to Moscow.

Stations

1. 2 kmМосква-Ярославская
2. 112 kmАлександров-1
3. 224 kmРостов Великий
4. 282 kmЯрославль-Главный
5. 356 kmДанилов
6. 386 kmПречистое
7. Show 59 more stations

   1. 404 kmСкалино
   2. 412 kmНефедово
   3. 427 kmБакланка
   4. 447 kmГрязовец
   5. 493 kmВологда I
   6. 526 kmСухона
   7. 566 kmСемигородняя
   8. 582 kmХаровская
   9. 642 kmВожега
   10. 680 kmЕрцево
   11. 703 kmКоноша-1
   12. 738 kmМожуга
   13. 765 kmСолгинский
   14. 807 kmВельск
   15. 830 kmКулой
   16. 871 kmКостылево
   17. 909 kmИлеза
   18. 948 kmЛойга
   19. 961 kmКизема
   20. 1,000 kmЛомоватка
   21. 1,022 kmУдима
   22. 1,057 kmЯдриха
   23. 1,070 kmКотлас-Южный
   24. 1,086 kmСольвычегодск
   25. 1,098 kmНизовка
   26. 1,196 kmУрдома
   27. 1,249 kmМадмас
   28. 1,258 kmМежог
   29. 1,304 kmМикунь
   30. 1,355 kmКняжпогост
   31. 1,416 kmСиндор
   32. 1,436 kmИоссер
   33. 1,473 kmЧиньяворык
   34. 1,484 kmЮкарка
   35. 1,495 kmТобысь
   36. 1,528 kmЯрега
   37. 1,546 kmУхта
   38. 1,557 kmСосногорск
   39. 1,580 kmКерки
   40. 1,607 kmВис
   41. 1,642 kmМалая Пера
   42. 1,673 kmИраёль
   43. 1,683 kmЗеленоборск
   44. 1,694 kmРыбница
   45. 1,707 kmТалый
   46. 1,719 kmКаджером
   47. 1,755 kmЧикшино
   48. 1,791 kmКожва
   49. 1,804 kmПечора
   50. 1,851 kmСыня
   51. 1,873 kmЯнью
   52. 1,904 kmКосью
   53. 1,941 kmКожым
   54. 1,982 kmИнта-1
   55. 1,993 kmНюр
   56. 2,014 kmКочмес
   57. 2,031 kmОшпер
   58. 2,080 kmАбезь
   59. 2,087 kmМарков
8. 2,111 kmАмшор
9. 2,121 kmСивая Маска
10. 2,174 kmСейда
11. 2,182 kmЧум
12. 2,247 kmВоркута

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

• The 2244 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 18539169 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within 47 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 10 m from it
• The operator publishes this line's timetable: Russian Railways — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
• Wikipedia has an article for this line
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the Vorkuta?

The Vorkuta runs 2,278 km from Moscow to Vorkuta.

How long does the Vorkuta take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ~41 h for the 2,278 km. That is an average of 56 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.

Who runs the Vorkuta?

RZD, with Firmenny № 41/42.

How old is the Vorkuta?

The line has been in service since 1974. 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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