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 kmMoscow Yaroslavskaya +4
2. 112 kmAlexandrov-1
3. 224 kmRostov
4. 282 kmYaroslavl'-Glavny
5. 356 kmDanilov
6. 386 kmPrechistoye
7. Show 59 more stations

   1. 404 kmСкалино
   2. 412 kmНефедово
   3. 427 kmБакланка
   4. 447 kmGryazovets
   5. 493 kmVologda 1
   6. 526 kmSukhona +1
   7. 566 kmСемигородняя
   8. 582 kmХаровская +1
   9. 642 kmVozhega +1
   10. 680 kmErtsevo +1
   11. 703 kmKonosha Tsubata +1
   12. 738 kmMozhuga
   13. 765 kmSolginskiy
   14. 807 kmVel'sk +1
   15. 830 kmKuloy +1
   16. 871 kmKostylevo +1
   17. 909 kmIleza +1
   18. 948 kmLoyga +1
   19. 961 kmKizema +1
   20. 1,000 kmLomovatka +1
   21. 1,022 kmУдима +1
   22. 1,057 kmЯдриха +1
   23. 1,070 kmKotlas Yuzhny +1
   24. 1,086 kmSol'vychegodsk +1
   25. 1,098 kmNyzivka +1
   26. 1,196 kmUrdoma +1
   27. 1,249 kmМадмас
   28. 1,258 kmМежог +1
   29. 1,304 kmMikun' +1
   30. 1,355 kmКняжпогост +1
   31. 1,416 kmSindor +1
   32. 1,436 kmИоссер +1
   33. 1,473 kmЧиньяворык +1
   34. 1,484 kmЮкарка +1
   35. 1,495 kmТобысь
   36. 1,528 kmYarega +1
   37. 1,546 kmUkhta +1
   38. 1,557 kmSosnogorsk +1
   39. 1,580 kmКерки
   40. 1,607 kmVis
   41. 1,642 kmМалая Пера +1
   42. 1,673 kmИраёль +1
   43. 1,683 kmZelenoborsk +1
   44. 1,694 kmRybnitsa
   45. 1,707 kmТалый +1
   46. 1,719 kmКаджером +1
   47. 1,755 kmЧикшино +1
   48. 1,791 kmKozhva +1
   49. 1,804 kmPechora +1
   50. 1,851 kmСыня +1
   51. 1,873 kmЯнью +1
   52. 1,904 kmКосью +1
   53. 1,941 kmКожым
   54. 1,982 kmInta Tsubata +1
   55. 1,993 kmНюр
   56. 2,014 kmКочмес
   57. 2,031 kmОшпер
   58. 2,080 kmAbez
   59. 2,087 kmMarkov +1
8. 2,111 kmАмшор
9. 2,121 kmСивая Маска +1
10. 2,174 kmSeyda +1
11. 2,182 kmЧум +1
12. 2,247 kmVorkuta

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. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.

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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