Private company

Privolzhskaya Railway

Transport company

The Privolzhskaya Railway (Приволжская железная дорога; "Volga Railway") is a subsidiary of the Russian Railways headquartered in Saratov. It serves the Saratov, Volgograd, and Astrakhan regions of Russia. Its three branches are headquartered in Saratov, Volgograd, and Astrakhan.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

May 15, 1953Founded1
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Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

The Privolzhskaya Railway (Приволжская железная дорога; "Volga Railway") is a subsidiary of the Russian Railways headquartered in Saratov. It serves the Saratov, Volgograd, and Astrakhan regions of Russia. Its three branches are headquartered in Saratov, Volgograd, and Astrakhan. The railway route length totals 4236,8 km. The network has 31 146 employees (as of 2009). A short stretch of the railway crosses the territory of Kazakhstan. It was established in 1953 by the merger of the Stalingrad Railway and Ryazan-Uralsk Railway and was recently extended to Olya, a port on the Caspian Sea.2

Corporate structure

Privolzhskaya Railway is part of a group headed by Russian Railways. 38 entities, 7 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

Former owners and parents

  • Ministry of the Means of Communication of the USSR May 15, 1953 to Jan 20, 1992
  • Ministry of the Means of Communication of the Russian Federation Jan 20, 1992 to Sep 18, 2003

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Sep 18, 2003Acquired Acquired by Russian Railways1
  2. Jan 20, 1992Acquired Acquired by Ministry of the Means of Communication of the Russian Federation1
  3. May 15, 1953Acquired Acquired by Ministry of the Means of Communication of the USSR1
  4. May 15, 1953Founded Founded1

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