Night train route
Sakhalin Night Train
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk → Nogliki · Russia
- Distance
- 613 km
- Fastest time
- ~12 h 50 min
- Top speed
- 80 km/h
- Operator
- PK Sakhalin (RZD)
- Train
- TG16M diesel sleeper
- Countries
- Russia
- In service since
- 1979
Page last updated 2026-07-22 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Russia’s island sleeper: 613 km up Sakhalin’s east coast to oil-town Nogliki, on a railway begun under Japanese rule that kept its narrow gauge until regauging in 2019.
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