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Trans-Siberian Railway

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noun

  1. a railway in S Russia, extending from Moscow to Vladivostok on the Pacific: constructed between 1891 and 1916, making possible the settlement and industrialization of sparsely inhabited regions. Length: 9335 km (5800 miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Maybe one day we’ll even be able to take that long-delayed trip on the Trans-Siberian Railway.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

The origins of the Orient Express, Trans-Siberian Railway, Hogwarts Express and Thomas The Tank Engine can be traced back to Trevithick's modest locomotive that is regarded by experts as the world's first railway engine.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2024

Watercolor sketches depicting artist Emma Fick’s 2017 journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway offer a refreshing alternative, with paintings of bathroom fixtures, local officials and Russian cafeteria food that dodge the genre’s cliched tropes altogether.

From Washington Post • May 19, 2022

A passenger train moves along an illuminated bridge of the Trans-Siberian Railway across the Yenisei River in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia February 24, 2019.

From Reuters • Mar. 25, 2022

Meares crossed by Trans-Siberian Railway to Vladivostock, thence made preparation to travel round the Sea of Okotsk to collect the necessary dogs.

From South with Scott by Mountevans, Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, baron

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