The Trans-Siberian Railway runs from

The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railway line in the world, stretching approximately 9,289 km across Russia. According to standard geography references like the NCERT, the main route runs from St. Petersburg in the west to Vladivostok on the Pacific Coast in the east. It is a double-tracked and electrified transcontinental line that serves as a vital artery for the Russian economy, connecting the industrial centers of European Russia with the resource-rich Siberian region and the Far East. Major cities along this route include Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, and Khabarovsk. While Moscow is the primary hub, the full extent of the historic transcontinental line is traditionally defined as starting from St. Petersburg, the former capital.