Apsheronsk narrow-gauge railway

The Apsheronsk narrow-gauge railway (Russian: Апшеронская узкоколейная железная дорога, Apsheronskya uzkokoleynaya zheleznaya doroga) is a mountain narrow-gauge railway located in Krasnodar Krai, Russia.

It was opened in 1927 and built in the standard Russian narrow-gauge track gauge of 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in).

[2] In stanitsa Samurskaya (part of village Novyye Polyany) the railroad was divided into two lines – a branch line turned left from the main line, on southwest, into the mountains of southern Adygea, where it ended in settlement Guzeripl (via tourist resort Lago-Naki).

Presently remains isolated section of this branch line, roughly 8 kilometres length, which goes through attractive gorge of the Kurdzhips River between settlements Guamka and Mezmay.

This railroad is since 2017, after repairing of serious damages caused by landslides, used for tourist transport only.

Map of operating lines (2020)
A picturesque part of the Guamka branch line