trans-siberian railway

     

The Trans-Siberian Railway or Trans-Siberian Railroa (Транссибирская магистраль, Транссиб in Russian, or Transsibirskaya magistral', Transsib) is a network of railways connecting Moscow and European Russia with the Russian Far East provinces, Mongolia, China and the Sea of Japan.

Trivia about trans-siberian railway

  • It was completed during World War I & linked eastern & western Siberia
  • Instead of going the whole 6,000 miles on this line, you can change at Tarskaya to the Trans-Manchurian for Beijing
  • The Vladivostok to Khabarovsk section of this Russian railroad opened to traffic in 1897
  • With a route over 5,700 miles, the world's longest railway line is this Russian one
  • Although built at his urging, Alexander III didn't live to see the completion of this, the world's longest railway

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