The founders of the Verkhne-Volzhskaya Railroad Society were the entrepreneur & railway pioneer Nikolai Vasilievich Belyaev (1859-1920), the honorary citizen of Pereslavl Zalessky Leonid Pavlov (1870-1917), the railway engineer Fedor Nikolayevich Mamontov, the nobleman Nikolai Mitrofanovich Andreev, the personal honorary citizen Ivan Orestovich Kurlyukov and the major-general Anatoly Anatolyevich Reinboth (1868-1918).
The Chairman of the board was Nikolai Vasilievich Belyaev.

The Board of the Company was located in Moscow, and the management of the construction of railway lines in St. Petersburg in the House of Pertsov  (N.N. Pertsov was one of the founders of the Black Sea Railroad Society).

The most significant right that the shareholders of the Company received was the right to own the highway and its subsidiary enterprises for 81 years from the day the movement was opened.

At the same time, the Society assumed many obligations to the state.
So, after the expiry of the 81-year term, the railway and other property of the Society should go free of charge to the treasury.
The property of the Company, both immovable and movable, constituting the railroad's ownership, could not be alienated or mortgaged without the permission of the government.

Among other duties of the Company were the survey of the construction of the Uglich-Rybinsk line, the provision of mail and, if necessary, troops, the removal of apartments for postal and telegraph officials, the construction of a military food station on the Kashin-Novki line.

The carrying capacity of the railway was to be 3 pairs of passenger and 6 pairs of freight trains per day.
It was also planned to use the road for the movement of military trains.

The road was planned to be built in 3 years.
The total cost of the project, including the rolling stock, as well as the working capital of the company, was to be 21 million 620 thousand rubles.
The founders of the Verkhne-Volzhskaya Railroad Society were the entrepreneur & railway pioneer Nikolai Vasilievich Belyaev (1859-1920), the honorary citizen of Pereslavl Zalessky Leonid Pavlov (1870-1917), the railway engineer Fedor Nikolayevich Mamontov, the nobleman Nikolai Mitrofanovich Andreev, the personal honorary citizen Ivan Orestovich Kurlyukov and the major-general Anatoly Anatolyevich Reinboth (1868-1918). The Chairman of the board was Nikolai Vasilievich Belyaev.
The Board of the Company was located in Moscow, and the management of the construction of railway lines in St. Petersburg in the House of Pertsov  (N.N. Pertsov was one of the founders of the Black Sea Railroad Society). 
The most significant right that the shareholders of the Company received was the right to own the highway and its subsidiary enterprises for 81 years from the day the movement was opened.
At the same time, the Society assumed many obligations to the state. So, after the expiry of the 81-year term, the railway and other property of the Society should go free of charge to the treasury. The property of the Company, both immovable and movable, constituting the railroad's ownership, could not be alienated or mortgaged without the permission of the government.
Among other duties of the Company were the survey of the construction of the Uglich-Rybinsk line, the provision of mail and, if necessary, troops, the removal of apartments for postal and telegraph officials, the construction of a military food station on the Kashin-Novki line.
The carrying capacity of the railway was to be 3 pairs of passenger and 6 pairs of freight trains per day. It was also planned to use the road for the movement of military trains.
The road was planned to be built in 3 years. The total cost of the project, including the rolling stock, as well as the working capital of the company, was to be 21 million 620 thousand rubles.
Upper Volga railway