Editing Trans-Siberian Railway (section)

==Routes==

===Trans-Siberian line===
A commonly used main line route is as follows. Distances and travel times are from the schedule of train No. 002M, Moscow–Vladivostok.<ref name=MoscowVlad/>
{|class="wikitable"
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! Location
! Distance
! Travel<br />Time
! Time Zone
! Notes
|-
|Moscow, [[Moscow Yaroslavskaya railway station|Yaroslavsky Rail Terminal]]
|{{convert|0|km|0|abbr=on}}
|
|Moscow<br />Time (MT)
|
|-
|[[Vladimir, Russia|Vladimir]]
|{{convert|210|km|0|abbr=on}}
|
|MT
|
|-
|[[Nizhny Novgorod]]
|{{convert|461|km|0|abbr=on}}
|6 hours
|MT
|on the [[Volga River]]
|-
|[[Kirov, Kirov Oblast|Kirov]]
|{{convert|917|km|0|abbr=on}}
|13 hours
|MT
|on the [[Vyatka River]]
|-
|[[Perm, Russia|Perm]]
|{{convert|1397|km|0|abbr=on}}
|20 hours
|MT+2
|on the [[Kama River]]
|-
|[[Yekaterinburg]]
|{{convert|1,816|km|0|abbr=on}}
|1 day 2 hours
|MT+2
|in the [[Urals]], still called by its old Soviet name Sverdlovsk in most timetables
|-
|[[Tyumen]]
|{{convert|2104|km|0|abbr=on}}
|
|MT+2
|
|-
|[[Omsk]]
|{{convert|2676|km|0|abbr=on}}
|1 day 14 hours
|MT+3
|on the [[Irtysh River]]
|-
|[[Novosibirsk]]
|{{convert|3303|km|0|abbr=on}}
|1 day 22 hours
|MT+4
|on the [[Ob River]]; [[Turk-Sib]] railway branches from here
|-
|[[Krasnoyarsk]]
|{{convert|4065|km|0|abbr=on}}
|2 days 11 hours
|MT+4
|on the [[Yenisei River]]
|-
|[[Taishet]]
|{{convert|4483|km|0|abbr=on}}
|
|MT+5
|junction with the [[Baikal-Amur Mainline]]
|-
|[[Irkutsk]]
|{{convert|5153|km|0|abbr=on}}
|3 days 4 hours
|MT+5
|near [[Lake Baikal]]'s southern extremity
|-
|[[Ulan Ude]]
|{{convert|5609|km|0|abbr=on}}
|3 days 12 hours
|MT+5
|eastern shore of [[Lake Baikal]]
|-
|Junction with the Trans-Mongolian line
|{{convert|5622|km|0|abbr=on}}
|
|
|
|-
|[[Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai|Chita]]
|{{convert|6166|km|0|abbr=on}}
|3 days 22 hours
|MT+6
|
|-
|Junction with the Trans-Manchurian line at Tarskaya
|{{convert|6274|km|0|abbr=on}}
|
|MT+6
|
|-
|[[Birobidzhan]]
|{{convert|8312|km|0|abbr=on}}
|5 days 13 hours
|MT+7
|capital of the [[Jewish Autonomous Region]]
|-
|[[Khabarovsk]]
|{{convert|8493|km|0|abbr=on}}
|5 days 15 hours
|MT+7
|on the [[Amur River]]
|-
|[[Ussuriysk]]
|{{convert|9147|km|0|abbr=on}}
|
|MT+7
|junction with the Trans-Manchurian line and Korea branch; located in Baranovsky, {{convert|13|km|0|abbr=in}} from Ussuriysk
|-
|[[Vladivostok]]
|{{convert|9289|km|0|abbr=on}}
|6 days 4 hours
|MT+7
|on the Pacific Ocean
|-
|colspan=5|Services to North Korea continue from Ussuriysk via:
|-
|Primorskaya station
|{{convert|9257|km|0|abbr=on}}
|6 days 14 hours
|MT+7
|
|-
|[[Khasan (urban-type settlement)|Khasan]]
|{{convert|9407|km|0|abbr=on}}
|6 days 19 hours
|MT+7
|border with [[North Korea]]
|-
|[[Tumangang]]
|{{convert|9412|km|0|abbr=on}}
|{{nowrap|1=7 days 10 hours}}
|MT+6
|[[North Korea]]n side of the border
|-
|[[Pyongyang]]
|{{nowrap|1={{convert|10267|km|0|abbr=on}}}}
|9 days 2 hours
|MT+6
|
|}

There are many alternative routings between Moscow and Siberia. For example:
[[File:RZD ED9MK-0029 at Polovinniy stop, Circum-Baikal Railway, 2009 (32356262012).jpg|thumb|[[Circum-Baikal railway]]]]
* Some trains would leave Moscow from [[Kazansky Rail Terminal]] instead of [[Yaroslavsky Rail Terminal]]; this would save some {{convert|20|km|0|abbr=on}} off the distances, because it provides a shorter exit from Moscow onto the Nizhny Novgorod main line.
* One can take a night train from Moscow's [[Kursky Rail Terminal]] to [[Nizhny Novgorod]], make a stopover in the Nizhny and then transfer to a Siberia-bound train
* From 1956 to 2001 many trains went between Moscow and Kirov via [[Yaroslavl]] instead of [[Nizhny Novgorod]]. This would add some {{convert|29|km|0|abbr=on}} to the distances from Moscow, making the total distance to Vladivostok at {{convert|9288|km|0|abbr=on}}.
* Other trains get from Moscow (Kazansky Terminal) to Yekaterinburg via [[Kazan]].
* Between Yekaterinburg and Omsk it is possible to travel via Kurgan [[Petropavl]]ovsk (in [[Kazakhstan]]) instead of Tyumen.
* One can bypass Yekaterinburg altogether by traveling via [[Samara, Russia|Samara]], [[Ufa]], [[Chelyabinsk]] and Petropavlovsk; this was historically the earliest configuration.

Depending on the route taken, the distances from Moscow to the same station in Siberia may differ by several tens of km (a few dozen miles).

===Trans-Manchurian line===
{{Main article|Chinese Eastern Railway}}
The Trans–Manchurian line, as e.g. used by train No.020, Moscow–Beijing<ref>{{Cite web |title=CIS railway timetable, route No. 020, Moscow-Beijing |url=http://www.poezda.net/en/train_timetable?tr_code=886684%3A%C0 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406164500/https://www.poezda.net/en/train_timetable?tr_code=886684%3A%EF%BF%BD |archive-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref> follows the same route as the Trans-Siberian between Moscow and [[Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai|Chita]] and then follows this
route to China:
* Branch off from the Trans-Siberian-line at Tarskaya ({{convert|6274|km|0|abbr=on}} from Moscow)
* [[Zabaikalsk]] ({{convert|6,626|km|0|abbr=on}}), Russian border town; there is a [[break-of-gauge]]
* [[Manzhouli]] ({{convert|6638|km|0|abbr=on}} from Moscow, {{convert|2323|km|0|abbr=on}} from [[Beijing]]), Chinese border city<!-- {{convert|935|km|0|abbr=on}} to Harbin -->
* [[Harbin]] ({{convert|7573|km|0|abbr=on}}, 1,388 km) Chinese city
* [[Changchun]] ({{convert|7820|km|0|abbr=on}} from Moscow) Chinese city
* [[Beijing]] ({{convert|8961|km|0|abbr=on}} from Moscow) the Chinese capital

The express train (No. 020) travel time from Moscow to Beijing is just over six days. There is no direct passenger service along the entire original Trans-Manchurian route (i.e., from Moscow or anywhere in Russia, west of Manchuria, to Vladivostok via Harbin), due to the obvious administrative and technical ([[Rail gauge|gauge]] break) inconveniences of crossing the border twice. Assuming sufficient patience and possession of appropriate visas, however, it is still possible to travel all the way along the original route, with a few stopovers (e.g. in [[Harbin]], [[Grodekovo]] and [[Ussuriysk]]).{{citation needed|date=October 2016}}

Such an itinerary would pass through the following points from Harbin east:
* [[Harbin]] ({{convert|7573|km|0|abbr=on}} from Moscow)
* [[Mudanjiang]] ({{convert|7,928|km|0|abbr=on}}) <!-- {{convert|355|km|0|abbr=on}} from Harbin -->
* [[Suifenhe]] ({{convert|8,121|km|0|abbr=on}}), the Chinese border station <!-- 548 from Harbin -->
* [[Grodekovo]] ({{convert|8,147|km|0|abbr=on}}), Russia <!-- {{convert|26|km|0|abbr=on}} from Suifenhe; 97 to Ussuriysk -->
* [[Ussuriysk]] ({{convert|8,244|km|0|abbr=on}}) <!-- {{convert|112|km|0|abbr=on}} to Vladivostok -->
* [[Vladivostok]] ({{convert|8,356|km|0|abbr=on}})

===Trans-Mongolian line===
{{Main article|Trans-Mongolian Railway}}
[[File:Trans Mongolian Railway.jpg|thumb|Trans–Mongolian Railway]]
The Trans–Mongolian line follows the same route as the Trans-Siberian between Moscow and [[Ulan Ude]], and then follows this route to [[Mongolia]] and China:
* Branch off from the Trans-Siberian line ({{convert|5655|km|0|abbr=on}} from Moscow)
* Naushki ({{convert|5895|km|0|abbr=on}}, MT+5), Russian border town
* Russian–[[Mongolia]]n border ({{convert|5900|km|0|abbr=on}}, MT+5)
* [[Sükhbaatar (city)|Sükhbaatar]] ({{convert|5921|km|0|abbr=on}}, MT+5), Mongolian border town
* [[Ulaanbaatar]] ({{convert|6304|km|0|abbr=on}}, MT+5), the Mongolian capital
* [[Zamyn-Üüd]] ({{convert|7013|km|0|abbr=on}}, MT+5), Mongolian border city
* [[Erenhot]] ({{convert|842|km|0|abbr=on}} from [[Beijing]], MT+5), Chinese border city
* [[Datong]] ({{convert|371|km|0|abbr=on}}, MT+5) Chinese city
* [[Beijing]] (MT+5) the Chinese capital