How do I get to Circumbaikal Railway

The Circumbaikal Railway is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Baikal in eastern Siberia. Baikal spread among Asian lands halfway between the Ural Mountains and the Pacific coast. At 80 kilometers from the lake is the Russian city of Irkutsk. See map ...

The Circumbaikal Railway have two gates: the western - Slyudyanka, Kultuk, Angasolka and eastern - the port and station Baikal. The main operations - rail. Road to Circumbaikal Railway not at all. Driving here can be reached only in the winter on Baikal ice. In addition, there are water lines. But for these strangers has always been, is and will be hiking trails.

Between Irkutsk and Slyudyanka established movement suburban trains. Upon arriving in Slyudyanka you can take the locomotive to the station Baikal. This locomotive is called «Motanya». In the course of the «Motanya» making a few stops. Circumbaikal Railway has four railway stations: Slyudyanka, Kultuk, Marito, and station Baikal. There are stops at the camp, in the townships, recognized in the field of fishing and recreation.

At Lake Baikal, in addition to Circumbaikal Railway, it is possible to get through Listvyanka: from Irkutsk on the road, then - ferry across the mouth of the Angara. You can use the services of Irkutsk river shipping. From Irkutsk to Tolsty Cape at 91 km of Circumbaikal Railway it takes hydrofoil. In Listvyanka have the opportunity to hire a boat or yacht in order to carry out maritime walk, with stops at the Circumbaikal Railway.

Perhaps the most striking and quite light-hearted way to get acquainted with Circumbaikal Railway offers Eastern Siberia railway. She arranges tourist travel from Irkutsk to Baikal port on the so-called «Circumbaikal Express». This is a train with high level of comfort. Circumbaikal Express makes stops and parking in the most remarkable places of Circumbaikal Railway.

These tourists can make walking or ski walking on Circumbaikal Railway. To reach Zemlyanichny stopping point on the Trans-Siberian railway. Then go down along to the Gornaya street to the station Kultuk. Travelers reach 149 kilometer of Circumbaikal Railway from the Temnaya Pad stopping point on the trail through the river Right, Left and Middle Angasolka. Here is a small village of Old Angasolka. From the station Andrianovskaya or stopping point Pereezd trail leads to a 140 kilometer of Circumbaikal Railway along the Bolshaya Krutaya Guba river. Here, between the Bolshaya and Malaya Krutaya Guba capes a bay is located. The winter provides an opportunity to travel on the ice of Lake Baikal: on foot, on skis, even a car.