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This is a route-map template for the Trans-Siberian Railway, a railway in Russia.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
Trans-Siberian Railway, c. 1904. In the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905), the strategic importance and limitations of the Trans-Siberian Railway contributed to Russia's defeat in the war. As the line was single track, transit was slower as trains had to wait in crossing sidings for opposing trains to cross.
July 1 – The Great Western Railway of England introduces the express train between London Paddington and Penzance in Cornwall which becomes known as the Cornish Riviera Express. [5] July 10 – Albula Railway in Switzerland opens throughout for passengers from Thusis to St. Moritz. [6] July 21 – The Trans-Siberian railway is completed. [7]
English: Trans-Siberian Railroad map. Red: Route of the Trans-Siberian Railway since 1930. Blue: Route in the west before 1930. Violet: Route in the east until 1916. Black: Southern variant in Siberia. Green: Baikal–Amur Mainline. Orange: Amur–Yakutsk Mainline. International Version with Names in local language and English translation.
With the German and Turkish blockade of the Russian Baltic and Black Sea ports, the Trans-Siberian Railway acquired a new significance as the lifeline connecting Russian Empire to its World War I allies. To provide a shorter connection to the Entente powers, a railway was constructed to the newly built Arctic ice-free port of Murmansk as well (1916
The first survey of a possible route for the first section of the Circum–Baikal, from Irkutsk to Lake Baikal, was carried out in 1894. Initially, the surveyors proposed to build a pontoon bridge and have the railway go down the right (east) bank of the Angara River (the left bank was too built up); however, later this variant was found to be inexpedient, as the level of water in the Angara ...
The station was opened in 1870 on the Alexandrov - Yaroslavl section. [2] The first train from Moscow to Rostov ran January 1 (13), 1870. [4]In 1958, during the electrification of the Alexandrov - Yaroslavl-Glavny section, the station was electrified with 3 kV direct current.
The Chinese Eastern Railway, a single-track line, provided a shortcut for the world's longest railroad, the Trans-Siberian Railway, from near the Siberian city of Chita, across northern Manchuria via Harbin to the Russian port of Vladivostok. This route drastically reduced the travel distance required along the originally proposed main northern ...