Anniversary year results and events

Anniversary year results

In 2024, the BAM saw large‑scale efforts to build and launch railway and social infrastructure facilities.

  • There was a ceremony to celebrate the linking of the new Dusse‑Alinsky Tunnel with a total length of 1,824 m. It is one of the most complex and important facilities in the Eastern Operating Domain upgrade project, which will significantly boost the BAM’s cargo transportation capacity and increase the throughput to Russia’s Far East Pacific ports by 20–30%. The work is slated for completion by the end of 2025.
  • By the anniversary of the ‘golden’ linking, we have completed the construction of the new second track at the Kuanda–Kuandinsky section of the Baikal‑Amur Mainline.
  • We have laid a record amount of track at one section in 24 hours – 8 km 100 m – from the Tynda station to the Pobozhiy loop. The previous record was made 40 years ago, when Alexander Bondar’s crew laid 5 km 400 m of track within the same time.
  • We have completed the reconstruction of the Lena Railway Station in Ust‑Kut, Irkutsk Region.
  • We have completed the construction of a training and laboratory building for the Tynda branch of the Far Eastern Vocational Training Centre.
  • We have beautified the forecourts at the railway stations in Tynda, Severobaikalsk, Komsomolsk‑on‑Amur, and Neryungri.

Two relay race trains from Irkutsk and Khabarovsk met at the railway station of Tynda, symbolising the ‘golden’ linking of the Baikal–Amur Mainline.

They were greeted by Ivan Varshavsky, who laid the ‘golden’ link at the Balbukhta Loop with Alexander Bondar in 1984.

Anniversary year results
>3,000 guests
from across the country and the former Soviet Union’s republics gathered in Tynda
96,000 people
met to take part in festive events in Tynda, Severobaikalsk, Komsomolsk‑on‑Amur, and Novy Urgal

The anniversary programme was diverse and educational. The BAM – Generations Relay Race was the keynote of the anniversary celebrations.

  • On 8 July 2024, in the BAM’s capital city Tynda, veteran builders from across the country, current BAM employees and young professionals had a celebratory meeting.
  • At the BAM’s 25th Anniversary Square – the main square in Tynda – there was a festive opening of the monument to the Baikal‑Amur Mainline builders. The ceremony was attended by Igor Levitin, Advisor to the Russian President, Vassily Orlov, Governor of the Amur Region, and BAM veterans.