It’s easy to forget sometimes how small an island we live on: unless we are really unlucky, our railway journeys rarely take more than a day.
So how about this monster journey across the world’s biggest landmass? This Trans-Siberian railway journey from Moscow to Vladivostok is 5,753 miles long and lasts for around six days.
Vladivostok is one of Russia’s easternmost points, and this journey leaves you somewhere near Japan. It is further east than most of China. It’s a journey along the ground on a scale that is pretty difficult to comprehend fully.
There are a range of different services available – trains range from very basic (and possibly quite frightening) right up to far more luxurious catered offerings, with spacious cabins that have their own TVs. Prices range from £500 for an acceptable train, up to £10,000 in the finest luxury Russia can offer.
And it all runs with reasonable efficiency and timeliness despite the Siberian conditions; just expect occasional stops to clear the worst snow build-up from the train’s underside. It certainly puts our railways into perspective!
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