The Kuybyshev Railway is a subsidiary of Russian Railways operating across nine regions of Russia, including Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Mordovia, Ryazan, Penza, Tambov, Ulyanovsk, Samara and Orenburg, with a network totaling more than 11,500 kilometers headquartered in Samara. Its oldest component, the line between Morshansk and Syzran, was built between 1872 and 1875, and the railway took its present name in 1936, honoring Bolshevik official Valerian Kuybyshev and the renamed city of Samara. Formed by combining several major lines after the Russian Revolution, the network has remained a central artery for freight and passenger traffic across the middle Volga region. It is remembered too for the 1989 Ufa train disaster along its route, the deadliest rail accident recorded in Soviet history, which killed 575 people.
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Founded YearThe Kuybyshev Railway in its present form dates from the 1936 renaming; its oldest component line, Morshansk to Syzran, was built 1872-1875. In the Other Atlases
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1. Kuybyshev Railway (Wikipedia)
History section, 1936 renaming
In 1936, the network underwent a renaming to honor Valerian Kuybyshev, along with the city of Samara.
- Part Of: Rail Transport, lead paragraph describes it as a subsidiary railway of Russian Railways
In Group: National and State Railways, Lead sentence
The Kuybyshevskaya Railway (Ку́йбышевская желе́зная доро́га) is a subsidiary of the Russian Railways, operating in several regions of Russia, such as Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Mordovia, Ryazan Oblast, Penza, Tambov, Ulyanovsk, Samara, Orenburg, and Chelyabinsk Oblasts of Russia.
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