Sakhalin's railway network sees traffic increase toward 1 million people

Sakhalin's railway network sees traffic increase toward 1 million peopleAnnual passenger traffic on the railway networks of Sakhalin—including routes to Dolinsk, Tomari, and Korsakov—has surpassed 500,000 people. Photo: trainpix.org by Brown, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Passenger trainAccording to Maxim Zhogolev, the regional Minister of Transport and Road Infrastructure, current volume has increased from a previous baseline of 400,000 passengers. Infrastructure DevelopmentThe growth is attributed to a project aimed at integrating the railway into the urban transport system. Governor Valery Limarenko stated that the region now operates a full-scale public transport system based on existing railway infrastructure. Since the beginning of the current year, more than 285,000 passengers have used suburban trains.