BAM - Bam

Japanese: BAM - バム

A railway line that runs through Eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East. Baikal-Amur Railway (Baikalo-Amurskaya Magistral'). A 3,145 km long railway line that runs from Ust-Kut on the upper reaches of the Lena River to Komsomolsk-on-Amur on the lower reaches of the Amur River, passing through Nizhneangarsk (on the north shore of Lake Baikal) and Tynda (where the railway runs to Bam station on the Trans-Siberian Railway). Construction began in 1974, and rail laying was completed in 1984. As the development of Siberia began in earnest in the 1950s, branch lines were extended northward in various places from the Trans-Siberian Railway that runs east-west through southern Siberia. The construction of the BAM aims to connect these branches and promote resource development more effectively, and various developments are planned, such as forest resources in the Lena River basin, various mineral resources north of Lake Baikal, and copper ore in the Udokan area.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ロシア連邦東シベリア，極東を通る鉄道。バイカル･アムール鉄道Baikalo‐Amurskaya Magistral’の略。レナ川上流のウスチ･クートからニジネアンガルスク(バイカル湖北岸)，ティンダ(シベリア鉄道のバム駅まで鉄道が通じている)を経てアムール川下流のコムソモリスク･ナ･アムーレまでの全長3145kmの鉄道線。1974年に着工され，84年レール敷設を完了した。シベリア開発が1950年代から本格化するにつれシベリア南部を東西に走るシベリア鉄道から支線が各所で北方にのびていったが，BAMの建設は，それらを連絡し，資源開発をより効果的にすすめようとのねらいをもち，レナ川流域の森林資源，バイカル湖北部の多種の鉱物資源，ウドカン地区の銅鉱など多様な開発が企図されている。

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