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A Railway Connection to Sakhalin Island: The Expediency and Prospects of Project Implementation

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A feasibility study has been made of the planned railway connection to the mainland Russian Federation and Sakhalin Island based on a comparative analysis of currently available data and calculated characteristics obtained in the course of this study. The research was carried out in the following areas: comparative analysis of cargo transportation along the Vladivostok–Kholmsk route, calculation of payback based on the most modern reporting data, and a comparative analysis of historical projects, recent government documents and existing technical projects. Data of a comparative analysis of cargo transportation in terms of three parameters (distance, travel time, and volume of cargo transportation) of the existing railway-ferry service and the planned railway connection along the Vladivostok–Kholmsk route, taking the characteristics of the ferry service into account, were obtained and used as a basis to draw economic-geographical conclusions. A calculation of the recoupment of the planned railway connection was done according to average statistical information. A comparative analysis was made of the historical projects beginning in 1875, as well as an analysis of recent state documents (plans, strategies, and programs). A comparative analysis was made of the current modern technical projects from the bridge-tunnel alternative and their advantages and disadvantages; on its basis, a technical conclusion was made about the possibility and prospects of construction.

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Kholin, A.S. A Railway Connection to Sakhalin Island: The Expediency and Prospects of Project Implementation. Geogr. Nat. Resour. 42, 180–184 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1875372821020050

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