HISTORY & ARTICLES

FACTS AND MAPS

Are you ready to go? Here are all the facts, maps and schedules you may ever need:

• Taking the Trans-Siberian Railway (Map, Facts & Images)

• ...Map to get a Local Time, Coordinates and Distance from Moscow for towns and cities along Trans-Siberian Railroad...

• Planing ("..To ride the Trans-Siberian rails, you first have to get yourself to Russia. That means encountering the standard headaches of international travel such as passports and visas...")

• Trans-Siberian (Facts & Nice Tips)

• Trans Mongolian Route (Fact & Itineraries)

• Trans Manchurian Route (Fact & Itineraries)

• Trans-siberian train schedules, timetables, prices, and map

• Trans-Siberian Train ("..No other train in the world can create the same mystique generated by the Trans-Siberian Express, the world's longest rail line and one of the QWorld's great journeys. Stretching almost 6,000 miles and 8 time zones from Moscow to Vladivostok, the very name of this engineering marvel evokes images of exotic, adventurous travel.." - Schedules; 1999)

• Trans-Siberian Railways (Fees, Useful Tips & Visa Information. Departure Beijing/Peking. Booking office HK)

• Trans-siberian railway: train specifics, safety on board, hop on / hop off (Useful tips)

• and more...

MODERN TRAVEL STORIES

Many did the journey and they wrote about it. It's interesting to read how they experienced the trip in modern days:

• Moscow-Beijing along the Trans-Siberian railroad - Guided small group journey from August 5 to August 26, 2001

• The Trans-Siberian Railway - day by day ("..I traveled this journey during May/June 1993. Starting from Moscow and crossing over the Urals I had stop overs in Irkutsk and Khabarovsk before reaching the end of the line in Vladivostok...")

• The Trans-Siberian Railway ("..Before the railway was built, there was only one way for the convicts, on their way to the labour camps, the colonists and adventurers to cross this region, and that was along a rough road known as the Post Road or Tract.)

• Horse races, open spaces and the fate of Genghis Khan's balls In his first dispatch from an epic Beijing-St. Petersburg train trip, our correspondent explores the mysteries of Mongolia.

• From China to Germany -- a Month on the Rails ("..During my two years in Japan I had heard of the Trans-Siberian railroad a few times. Towards the end of year two...")

• Trans-Siberian Journal (Very detailed travel story in several chapters. From Vladivostok to Moscow. Excellent!)

• and more..

TOURS & TOUR OPERATOR

There are surprising numbers of 'Trans-Siberian Railway' tour operators on the net. We have selected the ones we felt have prepared the best information about the trans-siberian railway for you. Some of these information are very comprehensive:

• The Trans-Siberian Rail Journey (Russia, Mongolia and China; Group Departure; Tour)

• Trans-Manchurian (Info by Tour Operator)

• To China/Japan via the Trans-Siberian - The Trans-Siberian Railway is a remarkably easy and comfortable way to reach Mongolia, China, Hong Kong, or Japan all the way from London

• Trans-Siberian Individual (Timetables & Rates)

• and more...

JOURNEY PREPARATION TIPS

There are some tips how to prepare best for the journey. The useful articles and publications links are listed below:

• Planning (way) Ahead ("..There are many places in the world you can visit at a whim; just pack your bag and go. Russia is not one of them. You've passed the endurance screening test when you hold confirmed tickets in your hand..")

• Needed (and not so needed) Travel Equipment when traveling with the Trans-Siberian Railway

• Trans-Siberian Handbook [$]

• Siberian Bam Railway Guide : The Second Trans-Siberian Railway [$]

• and more...

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