Severomuysky Tunnel (Russian: Северомуйский туннель) is a railroad tunnel on the Baikal Amur Mainline (BAM), in northwestern Buryatia, Russia. It is named after the Severomuysky Range it cuts through. This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... A disused railway tunnel now converted to pedestrian and bicycle use, near Houyet, Belgium A tunnel is an underground passage. ... Baikal-Amur Magistral in green; Trans-Siberian line in red The Baikal-Amur Mainline (Russian Байкало-Амурская Магистраль, Baikalo-Amurskaya Magistral’, BAM) is a railway line in Russia. ... The Buryat Republic (Russian: ; Buryat: Буряад Республика) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic). ...

The tunnel's length is 15,343m (9.5mi) and it is the longest tunnel in Russia (excluding metro lines, see List of tunnels by length for comparisons). The construction started in 1977. The tunnel was put into operation on December 5, 2003^[1] (signed off on November 30^[2][3]), with yet another announcement of the completion of the BAM project. Metro is: a general term, synonymous with rapid transit, subway or underground, for an urban underground rail public transit system (see list of rapid transit systems); any of several specific public transport systems, including: Bi-State Development Agency in Missouri and Illinois, d/b/a Metro since 2003 Buffalo Metro... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days remaining. ...

Previously, the corresponding route was 54km long and passed through zones of avalanches and steep slopes that required an extra locomotive to pull a train. A Himalayan avalanche. ...

The final connection ("golden join") happened on March 30, 2001, and the first train was passed through in December 2001. March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

References

1. ^ http://www.fap.ru/prem_laur.php?lt=believe&id=1922
2. ^ Baikal-Amur Mainline completed (a 10/29/2003 Pravda Online article (English))
3. ^ babr.ru: 10/30/2003 News (Russian)