page_title: Salekhard–Igarka Railway
hierarchical_section_title: Salekhard–Igarka Railway
caption_attribution_description: English: The map shows the implementation of the Soviet railway construction projects No 501 to 503. Additional are shown all railways lines that were planned or implemented before or after the No 501-503 lines. Deutsch: Die Karte zeigt die Umsetzung der sowjetischen Eisenbahnbauprojekte Nr. 501 bis 503. Ergänzend sind alle Bahnlinien dargestellt, die zuvor oder danach geplant bzw. realisiert wurden. Русский: На карте показана реализация проектов строительства советских железных дорог № 501–503. Дополнительно показаны все линии железных дорог, которые были запланированы или реализованы до или после линий № 501-503.
context_page_description: The 1,524 mm broad gauge Salekhard–Igarka Railway, also referred to variously as Dead Road, and Stalinbahn, is an incomplete railway in northern Siberia. The railway was a project of the Soviet Gulag system that took place from 1947 until Stalin's death in 1953. Construction was coordinated via two separate Gulag projects, the 501 Railroad beginning on the River Ob and 503 Railroad beginning on the River Yenisey, part of a grand design of Joseph Stalin to span a railroad across northern Siberia to reach the Soviet Union's easternmost territories.
  The planned route from Igarka to Salekhard measured 1,297 kilometres in length. The project was built mostly with prisoner labour, particularly that of political prisoners, and a large number perished.
  A rebuilt section of the railway between Nadym and Novy Urengoy on the east bank of the Nadym River is still in operation, as is the extreme western section connecting Labytnangi and the railway to Vorkuta. The section from Salekhard to Nadym is planned to be rebuilt, including a new bridge over the Ob to connect Salekhard to the rest of the Russian railway system via Labytnangi.
context_section_description: The 1,524 mm (5 ft) broad gauge Salekhard–Igarka Railway, (Трансполярная магистраль Transpolyarnaya Magistral, i.e. 'Transpolar Mainline') also referred to variously as Dead Road (Russian: Мёртвая дорога), and Stalinbahn, is an incomplete railway in northern Siberia.  The railway was a project of the Soviet Gulag system that took place from 1947 until Stalin's death in 1953. Construction was coordinated via two separate Gulag projects, the 501 Railroad beginning on the River Ob and 503 Railroad beginning on the River Yenisey, part of a grand design of Joseph Stalin to span a railroad across northern Siberia to reach the Soviet Union's easternmost territories.
  The planned route from Igarka to Salekhard measured 1,297 kilometres (806 mi) in length.  The project was built mostly with prisoner labour, particularly that of political prisoners, and a large number perished.
  
  A rebuilt section of the railway between Nadym and Novy Urengoy on the east bank of the Nadym River is still in operation, as is the extreme western section connecting Labytnangi and the railway to Vorkuta. The section from Salekhard to Nadym is planned to be rebuilt, including a new bridge over the Ob to connect Salekhard to the rest of the Russian railway system via Labytnangi. The section from Nadym to Pangody is also planned to be rebuilt.
caption: Map of the Stalin Railway
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