Baikal-Amur Mainline
Good to know
- Best time to go
- June to August
- Budget
- $
- Accessibility
- limited
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
The Baikal-Amur Mainline, commonly known as the BAM, is a 4324-kilometre railway built between 1938 and 1991 through some of the most remote and tectonically active terrain in Siberia, running north of the Trans-Siberian from Taishet to Sovetskaya Gavan on the Pacific coast. Unlike the more travelled Trans-Siberian, the BAM passes through permafrost terrain, active volcanic zones, and virtually uninhabited mountain ranges, offering a journey of genuine remoteness. The line was one of the largest Soviet-era engineering projects, crossing eleven mountain ranges and 16 major rivers.