Severomuysky Tunnel
Severomuysky Tunnel, Eastern Portal | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Location | Buryatia, Russia |
| Coordinates | 56°14′26″N 113°26′30″E / 56.24056°N 113.44167°E |
| Status | open |
| Route | BAM |
| Operation | |
| Work begun | 28 May 1977 |
| Opened | 12 May 2003 |
| Technical | |
| Length | 15,343 m (50,338 ft) |
| No. of lanes | 1 |
| Track gauge | 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Russian gauge |
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The Severomuysky Tunnel (Russian: Северому́йский тонне́ль) is a railroad tunnel on the Baikal Amur Mainline (BAM), in northwestern Buryatia, Russia. It is named after the Northern Muya Range it cuts through. The tunnel is 15.34 kilometres (9.53 mi) long, the longest in Russia (excluding metro lines).