2. Belkomur Project History
In the middle of the 1930s a railway construction began in the planned Belkomur location. In 1944 the railway Kotlas-Vorkuta connected Pechora Coal Basin and Cherepovets Metallurgical Works. In the railway construction in the Russian Polar Region was stopped.

4. In 1995 a large-scale meridional project was proposed
In 1995 a large-scale meridional project was proposed. The aim of the project was to link the cities of Arkhangelsk, Syktyvkar, Kudymkar and Perm by means of a railway called Belkomur.
The project design was based upon the General Scheme of Railways Development in Russian European North.

5. Railway network development in the Urals and Russian European North

6. The project operator is JSC Interregional Company Belkomur
Public share in the capital is 97%

7. In early 1998 the company Belkomur started construction of the northern part of the railway simultaneously from both directions.

8. Construction of the bridge over the r
Construction of the bridge over the r. Vashka, Udorsky District, the Republic of Komi

9. The Idea of Belkomur Project
The project implies a construction of a new aligning railway 1252 km long, including a new construction of 795 km, the rest is reconstruction and modernizing of the existing lines.

10. Belkomur consists of two parts: Northern and Southern

11. Belkomur consists of two parts: Northern and Southern

12. The new railway is of strategic importance for Russia since it will provide a direct connection of the Urals and the Republic of Komi to the ice-free ports in Arkhangelsk, Murmansk and Northern Europe.

13. Belkomur Project Objectives
Railway network development in Russian European North
Infrastructural dead-ends liquidation
Reduction of transportation distances
Including idle territories into economic activities
Railway transportation cost savings

14. Project Implementation Stages
1st stage: Northern Link – construction of Karpogory-Vendinga rail way
1st order – construction of Karpogory-Vendinga rail way by start-up complex
2nd order – reaching full capacity of the rail way Karpogory-Vendinga

15. Project Implementation Stages
2nd stage: Southern Link – construction of Syktyvkar-Perm rail way 1st order – construction of Syktyvkar-Perm rail way 2nd order – reaching full capacity of the rail way Syktyvkar-Perm

16. Integrated program for industrial and infrastructural development of the Republic of Komi, Perm Region and Arkhangelsk Region

18. General financial and economic details
Total amount of investment
RUR bln.
350
RF Investment Fund assets/private investors’ assets
75/275
Gross growth in industrial production
RUR bln. per year 90
More jobs
Number
25 000
Projects payback period
private investment / RF Investments Fund
Years
3-15 / 6.5
Revenues to all budgets 25
IRR (internal rate of return) % 27

19. Brief description of the project participants The Republic of Komi
About RUR 110 bln. of total investments till 2012.
23 mln. tons of cargo flow per annum (2006)
Over RUR 20 bln. industrial output growth by
% cargo flow increase by
Projects included in General Scheme (2007)
Yarega Mining and Chemical Plant construction
Vorkuta project
Bauxite and Alumina Plant construction
Step Project
Udora and Troitsko-Pechorsk Pulp-And-Paper mills projects

20. Perm Region Bereznikovo-Solikamsk Industrial Hub
RUR 120 bln. of total investments till 2012.
Over RUR 20 bln. industrial output growth by
30 – 40 % cargo flow increase by Projects included in the Complex Program (2007)
JSC Uralkaliy project
JSC Silvinit project
JSC Solikamskburprom project
LLC Soda-Chlorat project
JSC Bereznikovsky Sodium Plant project

21. Arkhangelsk Region Deep-Water Port
45 mln. tons of annual cargo turnover
RUR 45 bln. of total public and private investments
Over 9,000 jobs
Servicing ships up to 70,000 tons dead-weight
55 km rail way included in the Rail Ways Development Strategy till 2030

22. Projected cargo flows

24. Construction of the new railway Belkomur within Eurasian Transport Corridor

25. Construction of the new railway Solikamsk – Gainy – Syktyvkar – Arkhangelsk within transport corridor North East – West (NEW)

26. The major interregional projects within Russian part of the Northern Transport Corridor
Karpogory-Vendinga-Syktyvkar-Kudymkar-Perm
railway
Ledmozero-Kochkoma railway
Kotlas motor-road bridge
Road transport communication within roadway networks in the Republic of Karelia and Arkhangelsk Region
Road transport communication within roadway networks in Arkhangelsk Region and the Republic of Komi

27. Total railway length 1252 km
A new railway Solikamsk – Gainy – Syktyvkar – Karpogory – Arkhangelsk (Belkomur)
Total railway length 1252 km
New construction 795 km
RUR 75 bln. of total investments