Nizhnyaya Tura railway station ( rus, станция Нижняя Тура) is a

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located in

Nizhnyaya Tura Nizhnyaya Tura (russian: Ни́жняя Тура) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Tura River ( Ob's basin), north of Yekaterinburg. Population: History It was founded in 1754; town status was granted to it in 1949. Ni ...

Sverdlovsk Oblast Sverdlovsk Oblast ( rus, Свердловская область, Sverdlovskaya oblast) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia located in the Ural Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg, formerly known as S ...

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. It is part of the

Sverdlovsk Railway The Sverdlovsk Railway (Свердловская железная дорога) is a subsidiary of the Russian Railways headquartered in Yekaterinburg (formerly known as Sverdlovsk, hence the name). In 1991 the length of the railway route was . ...

, on the

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that connects Cheryomukhovo railway station and . The passenger-and-freight station is one of three to serve the town, along with and . It forms the terminus of the Nizhneturinsk branch line, which separates from the main line at . The station is in the western part of Nizhnyaya Tura. It has a stone two-storey building with a large

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built in the constructivist style in the middle of the 20th century. There are several outbuildings, including an early-20th century

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. Roads link the station to industrial enterprises in the city. The station was opened in 1906, to link the to the line at Vyya. The station serves commuter and freight traffic, with

Elektrichka Elektrichka (russian: электри́чка, p=əlʲɪˈktrʲitɕkə; uk, електри́чка, elektrychka) is a Soviet and Eastern bloc commuter (regional) mostly suburban electrical multiple unit passenger train. Elektrichkas are widespr ...

trains between and , and those between Nizhny Tagil and Serov railway station, stopping here.

References

{{Reflist Railway stations in Sverdlovsk Oblast Railway stations in the Russian Empire opened in 1906