Polar shuttle: Vorkuta — Labytnangi train

Vorkuta — Labytnangi train is a regional train that makes it’s journey for 13 hours. Usually there are two passenger and 3-10 cargo carriages. Even though the distance between two cities isn’t large, train can not go faster than 50 km/h because of permafrost and old transpolar railway tracks. Long stops during the journey to load and unload cargo carriages make the delays even longer. Almost all passengers leave the train at Kharp station not reaching the final stop in Labytnangi. It happens because there