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Upper Volga Railway
Token of the Society of the Upper Volga Railway of the Russian Empire, 1914.
Overview
Native name
Вероне-Волжская железная дорога
Status
Operational
Locale
Russia
Service
Operator(s)
Joint Stock Company for the Construction and Operation of the Upper Volga Railway
History
Opened
1918
The Upper Volga (Verkhne-Volzhskaya) railway (Russian: Верхне-Волжская железная дорога) was a private railway in the upper Volga region of Russia, built in 1914–1918 and in the second half of the 1930s. It was planned as part of a backup route from St. Petersburg to Moscow. Today, the lines are part of the Moscow region of the October Railway.[1]
^"Map of the Oktyabrskaya Railway". JSC Russian Railways. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
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