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The Trans-Siberian Railway, [a] historically known as the Great Siberian Route [b] and often shortened to Transsib, ... (5,592 mi) distance in just seven days. The ...
Yiwu–Madrid train in Madrid. The Yiwu–Madrid railway line is a railway route taken by container trains from the Chinese city of Yiwu to the Spanish city of Madrid, a distance of approximately 13,000 kilometres (8,100 mi), and the longest in the world. [1] The Trans-Siberian Railway was previously the longest.
Map of the Trans-Siberian (red) and Baikal–Amur Mainline (green) Railways. The Trans-Siberian Railway and its various associated branches and supporting lines, completed in 1916, established the first rail connection between Europe and Asia, from Moscow to Vladivostok. The line, at 9,200 kilometres (5,720 mi), is the longest rail line in the ...
The Turkestan–Siberian Railway (commonly abbreviated as the Turk–Sib, Kazakh: Түрксіб, romanized: Türksib, Arabic: تٷركسٸب, pronounced [tʏɾkˈsɪb]; Russian: Турксиб, romanized: Turksib) is a 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 + 27 ⁄ 32 in) broad gauge railway that connects Central Asia with Siberia.
It serves eastern destinations, including those in the Russian Far East, being the western terminus of the world's longest railway line, the Trans-Siberian. The station takes its name from that of the ancient city of Yaroslavl which, lying 284 rail kilometres (176 miles) north-east of Moscow, is the first large city served by the line.
Yenisey railway station (Russian: Енисей) is a railway station on the Krasnoyarsk Railway. It is located on the Trans-Siberian Railway , 4,103 kilometres (2,549 mi) east of Moscow and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of the Krasnoyarsk Railway station .
The China Railway K3/4 train was a weekly international K-series train from Beijing to Moscow via Ulaanbaatar mainly using the Trans-Siberian and Trans-Mongolian railways. The train started running in 1959, covering a distance of 7826 km, and is the 4th longest passenger train service in the world.
The BAM departs from the Trans-Siberian railway at Tayshet, then crosses the Angara River at Bratsk and the Lena River at Ust-Kut, proceeds past Severobaikalsk at the northern tip of Lake Baikal, past Tynda and Khani, crosses the Amur River at Komsomolsk-on-Amur and finally reaches the Pacific Ocean at Sovetskaya Gavan. There are 21 tunnels ...