Train journey to the heart of Kalmykia. Svetlograd - Elista. TRAVEL BY TRAIN to Elista. Part 5

After a 10-minute stop, our train leaves behind Svetlograd, the last station it stopped at. Ahead are the endless Kalmyk steppes, where the capital of the region, Elista, is located. In 2021, for the first time in six years, it met passengers arriving by rail. The train, number 698, runs from Anapa to Elista, with a diesel locomotive TEP70BS-238 at the front. 0:00 - st. Svetlograd, departure 35:55 - st. Egen (dismantled) 45:35 - st. Ipatovo 1:06:25 - st. Derbetovka (dismantled) 1:50:50 - st. Divnoe 3:00:00 - st. Uldyuchiny 3:48:50 - st. Khar-Bulg (dismantled) 4:20:05 - st. Elista, arrival 0:50 - recovery train No. 309 (Svetlograd station) 47:34 - CHME3-3973