Trans-Siberian railway
railway line between Moscow, the Russian Far East and the Sea of Japan
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Summary
Trans-Siberian railway is a railway line[1]. It ranks in the top 0.032% of railway line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,909 views/month, #1 of 3,177).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Russia[3]
- Owned by: Russian Railways[4]
- Operator: Russian Railways[5]
- Commons category: Trans-Siberian railway[6]
- Has part(s): Chelyabinsk-Glavny — Churilovo[7], Churilovo - Kurgan[8], Kurgan - Isilkul[9], Q112164232[10], Karbushevo - Moskovka line[11], Q112574317[12], Q112624736[13], Q112678938[14], Q112679033[15], Q112679198[16], Q112777478[17], Q112801448[18], Q113483133[19], Q113559784[20]
- Terminus: Chelyabinsk Main train station[21], Vladivostok railway station[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:Trans-Siberian Railway[23]
- Type of electrification: 25 kV, 50 Hz AC railway electrification[24], 3000 V DC railway electrification[25]
- Commons gallery: Транссибирская магистраль[26]
- Track gauge: 1520 mm track gauge[27]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], The New Student's Reference Work[30], Great journeys: travel the world's most spectacular routes[31]
- Replaced by: Krasnoyarsk Railway[32]
- Date of official opening: 1903[33]
- Length: 9288 km[34]
- Connects with: Yaroslavl[35], Kirov[36], Perm[37], Yekaterinburg[38], Tyumen[39], Omsk[40], Novosibirsk[41]
Why It Matters
Trans-Siberian railway has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 97 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]