Kerzhenets peat railway

Kerzhenets peat railway
Kerzhenets peat railway
Overview
Locale	Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
Termini	Kerzhenets
Service
Type	Narrow gauge railway
Operator(s)	ОАО «Борресурсы»
History
Opened	1945
Technical
Line length	14 kilometres (8.7 mi)
Track gauge	750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in)

56°28′25″N 44°25′28″E / 56.473679°N 44.424574°E / 56.473679; 44.424574

The Kerzhenets peat railway is located in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. The peat railway was opened in 1945, and has a total length of 14 kilometres (8.7 mi); the track gauge is 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in). The railway operates year-round.

Current status

The Kerzhenets peat railway emerged in the 1940s, in the area of Borsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.^[1] The peat railway was built for hauling peat and workers. The railway line leaves Kerzhenets at northern side to reach the peat fields. Until 1997 the settlement Pionersky at Kerzhenets River was the terminus of the railway. A peat briquette factory was established in 2002 and started its work in 2004.^[2]