World's longest direct train journey where passengers are in their seats for almost 7 days

One train journey takes a staggering 167 hours to complete, with the railway spanning eight time zones to make it the longest ...
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I took an 80-hour train across Russia then explored Soviet ruins

After an 80-hour train ride across Russia, we finally reached Vladivostok at the end of the Trans-Siberian Railway. But the adventure didn’t stop there—we explored abandoned Soviet barracks, hiked the ...
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Ukraine taunts Putin over sabotage attack on railway that stops North Korean supplies

The Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate claims it carried out a sabotage attack on the Trans-Siberian Railway near Sosnovka in Khabarovsk, Russia. This railway line is used to transport North ...
The National Interest

Taking Out the Trans-Siberian Railway Bridge Could Cripple Russia’s War Machine

A single bridge in central Russia connects the two halves of the country’s railway network—making an attractive target for a Ukrainian attack. After more than a year of pursuing a negotiated track to ...
TASS

North Siberian Railway construction cost estimated at $86 billion

The Institute of Economics and Industrial Production has confirmed as reasonable the project to develop the route, including in the proposed configuration NOVOSIBIRSK, March 27. /TASS/. The ...
TASS

North Siberian Railway's annual freight traffic forecasted at 115 million tons

The rail line will run from Nizhnevartovsk to Sabbeta, it will come to Bely Yar in the Tomsk Region, then Tashtagol in the Kemerovo Region, then to Altai and further on it will reach China's Urumqi, ...
Travel Mole

Ambitious high-speed Trans-Siberian Railway project planned

Journey times on the iconic Trans-Siberian Railway could be cut by two-thirds if an agreement in principal between China and Russia comes to fruition. Business Insider reports a memorandum of ...