Trans – Siberians is the longest railway in the world. It is located in the western part of Russia, from Leningrad (Saint Peters – burg) town on the Baltic Sea coast, to the east of Russia on the shores of the Pacific Ocean at Bladivostok and is 9560 km long. Its construction was started in 1891. This railway was ready in 1905 and upto 1945 there was no obstruction for its use.
This railway goes to Russia’s capital Moscow, along with Tula, Kazan, Tyumen, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Chita, Khabarovsk cities. Specially, the development of Siberia has become possible by the construction of this railway. The commercial and economic importance of this railway has much increased. It was doubled in the year 1945. Since, this railway goes across Siberia, it is known as Trans – Siberian Railway.