Construction of the railway Ikabekan-Tarynnahsky MPP East-Siberian Railway, East-Siberian Railway, will begin in 2011. The railway to the station Ikabekan (East-Siberian Railway, Trans-Baikal region) is intended for the future Tarynnahsky mining and processing plant (Yakutia). the East-Siberian Railway press service reports.
This 189 km railway line will be used for freight and passengers transportation. The new branch will connect the Olekminsk city with a population of 8 thousand people with the Baikal-Amur main line. The far-off city population can currently get to the mainland only by river during short navigation period.
It is expected that over 1.6 million tons of coal and fuel per year will be shipped in the direction of Tarynnahsky plant and 14 million tons per year of iron ore concentrate and gravel back from the TMPP.