August 4 in Nizhniy Bestyahe the grand opening of the railway station.
According to the CEO of the corporation “Transstroi-Vostok” Alexander Dudnikova, the station building is built in such a way that it can withstand an earthquake of 7 points, and the first passenger train Nizhniy Bestyahe – Nerungri can be launched later this year. The journey time is 16 hours. Who will be the only station cargo flights. 2-storey building, total area – 2005 sq.m. The facility was built two years to open a station also came to see many of the local residents.
Recall Nizhniy Bestyakh located on the opposite Yakutsk high right bank of the Lena River, part of the plain Neryuktyay.
Yakutsk is connected with cargo-ferry operating in the summer with a break-up before the end of the freeze-up. It is also present passenger waterbus and private boats. Tariff distance between settlements – 23 km. Communication is carried out in the winter on the ice of the river. In the offseason, communication is possible by helicopter or hovercraft.
The train station is Nizhniy Bestyakh is not in the village, and 10 km south-south-east of it, in the tract Bulgunnyahtah. Laying rails came back at the end of 2011, the opening of the station for freight operations – in 2013, passenger traffic – in 2014.
It is also planned to build a bridge across the Lena River, which will ensure trouble-free year-round communication with the capital city of Yakutsk. There are also plans to continue the railway to Magadan.
Source: News.Ykt.Ru
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