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•The Trans-Siberian Railway connects Moscow and European
Russia with the Russian Far East provinces, Mongolia, China
and the Sea of Japan.
•The rail line stretches nearly 6,000 miles, making it the
longest continuous rail line in the world. It was completed in
1923, over 30 years from the start of construction.
Building the rail line over the entire continent of Asia was an
amazing engineering achievement. The continent has very
diverse geography.
Russia is the largest country in the
world, but has very low population
density, much like Canada.
Notice that much of the rail line does not travel
through highly populated areas.
•The rail line had a major
affect on agriculture in its
early years as well as
general transportation.
Wheat became the major
product transported on the
line.
•Even today, a small
percentage of Japanese
goods are transported to
Europe using the railway,
and 30% of Russian
exports still travel on the
line.
Both locals and tourists travel on the line as passengers.
The prices range from $250 to $350 for a one way trip.
This was one of the earliest color photos of the rail line from the rear
platform of the Simskaia Station (made in 1910).
Bashkir
switchman on
the rail line in
the Ural
Mountain
region of
European
Russia.
Vladivostok terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway
This monument marks
the end of the rail line
in Vladivostok