Tayga railway station

Tayga

Тайга
Tayga; Тайга
West Siberian Railway terminal
	View of the station from platform 3.
General information
Location	Tayga, Russia
Coordinates	56°03′44″N 85°37′48″E / 56.0621°N 85.6300°E
Owned by	Russian Railways (West Siberian Railway)
Line(s)	Novosibirsk—Krasnoyarsk; Tayga—Tomsk; Tayga—Kemerovo
Platforms	3 (2 island platforms)
Tracks	10
Construction
Parking	yes
Other information
Station code	873308
History
Opened	1898
Electrified	yes
Services

Tayga (Russian: Тайга-Главная) is a major junction railway station on the West Siberian Railway in Russia. The biggest railway station of Tayga and one of the biggest in Russia.^[3]

History

After the completion of the Siberian Railway in Central Siberia was an unmarked junction, where the railway went to Tomsk. Later the siding was called Tomsk-Tayozhny, and in 1913, was renamed into Tayga.

The design and construction of the station was attended by Russian engineer and writer Garin-Mikhailovsky.

After construction of the bypass railway and the construction of another station in the town of Tayga (Tayga-2) for a long time, the station was called Tayga-1. However, in the 1990s after partial disassembly of a bypass road and Tayga-2 conversion in the siding, the station again became known as Tayga (without a number).^[4]

During the use of steam locomotives required much water. First it was acquired from wells and serving on the speakers using a typical water tower. But eventually the water no longer sufficed and it was necessary to build a water pipeline from the Yaya river, where a dam and a pumping station were built.^[5]

Trains

Gallery

Monument-steam locomotive P36-0192, a historical object of cultural heritage.
Freight trains driven by electric locomotives VL10 and 2ES10, fire train, depot buildings
Water tower, architectural cultural heritage site and restoration train.
VL10, locomotive depot.
View from the platform.
In a snowstorm.
Panoramic view.