Balezino



Balezino (Бале́зино) is a rural locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Balezinsky District of the Udmurt Republic, Russia. Population:

History
Balezino had work settlement status until it was demoted to a rural locality in March 2012.

Transportation
It is an important station of the Trans-Siberian Railway, situated roughly in the center between Kirov and Perm, and is a junction point of 25 kV AC rail line going to Kirov and 3 kV DC line going to Perm. Long distance trains stop for at least thirty minutes at the Balezino station for maintenance, which includes the engine replacement from AC one to DC one.