SIXTY YEARS OF SOVIET RAILWAYS

A detailed historical account of the development of railway transport in the USSR. In 1976, freight traffic totalled nearly 3.3 trillion ton/km, and passenger traffic reached 315 billion passenger/km, over a network with 130,000 km of lines. This is equivalent to nearly 10 million tonnes of freight and 10 million passengers carried daily. The article also gives a detailed account of the latest achievements and technical progress made by Soviet Railways in all sectors, and describes the main trends in further development defined in the 10th five-year plan for the coming years.

• Corporate Authors:

  International Railway Congress Association

  17-21 rue de Louvrain
  1000 Brussels,   Belgium 
• Authors:
  • Pavlovskyi, I G
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 597-612
• Serial:
  • RAIL INTERNATIONAL
  • Issue Number: 12

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight transportation; Passenger transportation; Railroads; Statistics; Traffic density
• Geographic Terms: Former Soviet Union
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Passenger Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00173381
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 26 1978 12:00AM