Rail journey · Siberia
Trans-Siberian Railway
The longest railway line on earth: almost 9,300 kilometres and 16 time zones from Moscow to the Pacific at Vladivostok, skirting Lake Baikal on the way.
Trans-Siberian Railway · Marc Heiden - User: (WT-shared) Gorilla Jones at wts wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 3.0
The ride
What you'll see
The route
Station by station
- Moscow (Yaroslavsky)
- Yekaterinburg
- Omsk
- Novosibirsk
- Irkutsk
- Ulan-Ude
- Khabarovsk
- Vladivostok
Before you go
Good to know
Book a second-class (kupe) sleeper for the classic experience.
Break the trip at Lake Baikal — many travellers stop at Irkutsk and Listvyanka or Severobaikalsk.
Check current entry and transit visa rules well before planning.
Typical times and distances are for guidance only — check the operator's timetable before you travel.
Photography credits
- Trans-Siberian Railway — Marc Heiden - User: (WT-shared) Gorilla Jones at wts wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 3.0
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