Zavodskaya Line

Zavodskaya Line Russian: Заводская линия
Overview
Status	Local
Owner	Russian Empire Government
Locale	Beloostrov
Termini	Beloostrov Sestroretsk
Stations	2
Service
Type	Heavy rail
System	Commuter cargo railroad
Services	Beloostrov - Sestroretsk
Operator(s)	Russian Empire Government
Depot(s)	Beloostrov
Rolling stock	Leased from Finnish railways
History
Opened	May 1916
Closed	1920s
Technical
Line length	5.4 km (3.36 mi)
Track gauge	1,524 mm (5 ft)
Route map v t e Zavodskaya line lake Rasliw Sestroretsk armory 5.4 Sestroretsk railway station Sestroretsk Trackside 1871-1886 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 crossover Sestra line Vyborg line Vyborg Zelenogorsk Solnechnoye 0.3 0.0 Beloostrov line Vyborg 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 Sestra crossover.
• 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 Sestroretsk direction.[1]

References

1. Chepurin, Sergey; Arkady Nikolayenko (May 2007). "Sestroretsk and Primorskaya railways(Сестрорецкая и Приморская железные дороги)" (in Russian). terijoki.spb.ru/trk_about.php3. Retrieved 2009-02-21.