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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.
The Trans-Siberian Railway also played a very direct role during parts of Russia's history, with the Czechoslovak Legion using heavily armed and armored trains to control large amounts of the railway (and of Russia itself) during the Russian Civil War at the end of World War I. [28] As one of the few fighting forces left in the aftermath of the ...
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.
Map of major railways in Russia, with Trans–Siberian Railway shown in red, BAM in green and Amur Yakutsk Mainline (including "Little BAM") shown in orange. The line is single-track, excepting the double-track section from Tynda to Bestuzhevo, which is shared with the Baikal–Amur Mainline (BAM). The full length of the line is not electrified.
Map of the Trans-Siberian (red) and Baikal–Amur Mainline (green) Railways. The Trans-Siberian Railway and its various associated branches and supporting lines, completed in 1916, established the first rail connection between Europe and Asia, from Moscow to Vladivostok. The line, at 9,200 kilometres (5,720 mi), is the longest rail line in the ...
In 1904, a syndicate of American railroad magnates proposed (through a French spokesman) a Siberian–Alaskan railroad from Cape Prince of Wales in Alaska through a tunnel under the Bering Strait and across northeastern Siberia to Irkutsk via Cape Dezhnev, Verkhnekolymsk, and Yakutsk (around 5,000 km [3,100 mi] of railroad to build, plus over 3,000 km [1,900 mi] in North America).
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The 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 + 27 ⁄ 32 in) broad gauge Amur Railway [a] is the last section of the Trans-Siberian Railway in Russia, built in 1907–1916. The construction of this railway favoured the development of the gold mining industry, logging , fisheries and the fur trade in Siberia and Russian Far East .