The remnant of “Yuta” One more Japanese line disappears Sakhalin Aug. 30 20:43
In the former Sakhalin, now in Sakhalin, Russia, the Japanese-style track format that was laid in the Japanese era and has been used for more than 70 years has been changed to the Russian style. I am going to disappear.
In Sakhalin in the Russian Far East, railroads have been in operation for more than 70 years, with a Japanese-style track width of about 1 centimeter and 6 centimeters, which was laid in the era when Japan ruled as Eita before the war.
However, in other regions of Russia, a Russian standard track width of 1 centimeter and 52 centimeters is used, so from 2003 the work of switching from Japanese style to Russian style has been in progress.
And recently, over 700 km of the total length of 865 km, the switchover was completed, and a ceremony was held on the 30th to commemorate the start of operation of the new diesel train to be introduced accordingly.
At the ceremony, Governor Limalenko, Sakhalin state, said, “I hope to connect the continent to the bridge. And I want to use some of the old tracks for sightseeing.”
In Russia, the Japanese-style track format was used only in Sakhalin, but all track switching will be completed next year, so one more remnant of the Yuta era is about to disappear. .