Trans-Siberian Railway
Eurasian rail marathon
The Trans-Siberian Railway is a rail network spanning Russia from Moscow to the Pacific coast, the longest railway line in the world.
Completed in the early twentieth century, it connects European Russia to Siberia and the Russian Far East across nearly six thousand miles.
The journey takes about a week without stops: She crossed Russia on the Trans-Siberian Railway.
- Lake BaikalDeepest lake on Earth
- MoscowRussia's capital city
- VladivostokFar Eastern Russian seaport
- time zonesRegional clock-setting divisions
- taigaSubarctic evergreen biome
border crossing · samovars · electrification · Russo-Japanese War · permafrost · Ural Mountains · dining cars · third class · rail tracks · stations · Tsar Nicholas II · cultural exchange · bridges · Russian Empire · tundra · locomotives · scenic routes · window views
- Siberian geographyLake Baikal, taiga
- RussiaRussia, Moscow, Kremlin, Red Square, St. Basil's Cathedral
- Russian GeographyMoscow, Volga River, Ural Mountains, Lake Baikal, St. Petersburg
- Famous RoutesRoute 66, Silk Road, Oregon Trail, Pan-American Highway, Orient Express
- MegaprojectsPanama Canal, Hoover Dam, Three Gorges Dam, Channel Tunnel, International Space Station
- routesroad, path, route, highway, freeway
Trans-Siberian RailwayPan-American Highway
Roadway linking the Americas
Route 66 · Northern Sea Route · Autobahn · transatlantic flight · Silk Road
Trans-Siberian Railwaybranch line
Secondary railway from trunk
funicular · subway line · light rail · tram line · shuttle service
transport, railroad, railway, transit, transportation, railways, railroading, transcontinental, Siberia