Sochi Light Metro
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| Sochi Light Metro | |
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 Bombardier Spacium train mockup |
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| Background | |
| Owner | City of Sochi |
| Locale | Sochi, Russia |
| Transit type | Light Metro |
| Number of lines | 3 |
| Number of stations | 24 |
| Operation | |
| Operation will start | 2013 |
| Technical | |
| System length | 86.4 km (53.69 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 5⁄6 in) (Russian gauge) |
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)The Sochi Light Metro was a public transportation system under construction in Sochi, Russia, that was slated for completion in 2013 before the 2014 Winter Olympics in that city.
According to a press release of Sochi Olympics, a light rail system was originally proposed which would span 36 km, but eventually a Russian-style light metro system was chosen instead. After Moscow's Butovskaya Line and Saint Petersburg's Nadzemny Express, the Sochi Light Metro would have been Russia's third light metro, among 11 Russian rail rapid transit systems altogether.
Due to a crisis, the project was changed from a light metro to a scaled down commuter style railway called the Sochi Aeroexpress. The line will connect the airport with Krasnaya Polyana with an intermediate stop in Adler. The abbreviated version will include a 2.8 km tunnel.
The estimated construction budget is $758,8 million. Original plans for the system were the building of three interconnected lines, with a total of 86.4 km of track and 24 stations running in a mixture of underground, mountain tunnels, elevated, and at-grade construction:
- Olympic Village — Grushevaya Polyana, 49.9 km, 6 stations; according to the ongoing construction, the airport Sochi is not connected to this line. The airport Sochi is connected only by a dead-end station to Adler railway station.
- Olympic Village — Mamayka, via Adler Station and Downtown Sochi (with possible extension to Dagomys and Uch-Dere westwards): 36.3 km, 20 stations;
- Mamayka — Grushevaya Polyana, via Adler Station and Sochi International Airport: 69.9 km, 17 stations.
The tender announced by Russian Railways in February 2009 was won by Bombardier with «Spacium» train. The total number of trains is 54, each with 9 cars for 1007-1036 passengers. Maximum operational speed is 160 km/h.[1]
A news report, from the UK's Rail.co website, was written on January 27, 2012, stated that the rail link between Adler and the Sochi International Airport will be operational later in the year.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "We have the winner: Canadian conglomerate will build electric trains for the Olympics in Sochi". Gudok.ru. 2009-04-06. http://www.gudok.ru/newspaper/detail.php?ID=312486&SECTION_ID=15088&year=2009&month=04. Retrieved 2009-08-02. (Russian)
- ^ Samuel, A. (January 27, 2012). "Sochi Airport rail link to open". Rail.co. http://www.rail.co/2012/01/27/sochi-airport-rail-link-to-open/. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
[edit] External links
- New scheme, flickr.com
- Sochi Light Metro project page, NPO Mostovik Corporate (outdated) (Russian)
- Sochi Light Metro, on Subways.net
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