page_title: Rail transport in the Soviet Union
hierarchical_section_title: Rail transport in the Soviet Union
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Паровоз У127 (серия У) в павильоне «Траурный поезд В. И. Ленина» у Павелецкого вокзала (Москва) English: Russian Locomotive Class U number U127 (Lenin's Locomotive) at the Museum of the Moscow Railway located at Paveletsky Rail Terminal, Moscow
context_page_description: The Soviet Union was heavily dependent on rail transport, not least during the Russian Civil War and World War II, but also for industrialisation according to the five-year plans.
  During the Soviet era, freight rail traffic increased 55 times, passenger traffic increased almost 10 times, and the length of the rail network almost doubled. The Soviet Union had a railway network of 147,400 kilometres, of which 53,900 kilometres were electrified.
context_section_description: The Soviet Union was heavily dependent on rail transport, not least during the Russian Civil War and World War II, but also for industrialisation according to the five-year plans.
  During the Soviet era, freight rail traffic increased 55 times (over that of the Russian empire just before World War I), passenger traffic increased almost 10 times, and the length of the rail network almost doubled.  The Soviet Union had a railway network of 147,400 kilometres (91,600 mi) (excluding industrial railways), of which 53,900 kilometres (33,500 mi) were electrified.
caption: Russian locomotive class U – U-127 Lenin's 4-6-0 oil burning compound locomotive, currently preserved at the Museum of the Moscow Railway at Paveletsky Rail Terminal
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