Talk:Trans-Siberian Railway

How many time zones
Can someone please tell me how many time zones the trans-siberian railway crosses between vladivostok and moscow? I appreciate your help. Maria


 * Hello Maria: http://www.worldtimezone.com/time-russia2.htm Your answer is eight, inclusive. See the website above! David

Jekaterinburg - Tiumen (Tjumen) Railway
This 370 km extension to the Ural Railway was opened by the Russian State in 1885. It was united with the Ural Railway in 1888.

Ural Railway
Originally an isolated railway system which later become an important link in the Trans - Siberian route. The first section from Perm to Jekaterinburg was opened on 19.08.1878 (old calender), the lenght being 469 versts. The line was taken over by State in 1886 and absorded the Jekaterinburg - Tiumen (Tjumen) Railway in 1888. The Jekaterinburg - Tsheljabinsk was opened in 1896. The name was changed in 1897 to the Perm Railway. Before the 01.08.1914 Perm Railway operated the above mentioned Perm - Kungur - Jekaterinburg - Kyshtim - Tsheljabinsk line 1035 versts, Perm - Kalivo - Tshusovaja - Goroblagodatskaja - Nizhni Tagil (Lower Tahil) - Jekaterinburg 469 versts. Jekaterinburg - Bogdanovitsh - Tiumen (Tjumen) - Omsk line 841 versts. Tshusovaja - Kopi - Soljevarni line 196 versts with Kopi - Lunjevka branch line 7 versts. The Kalino - Lysvenskij Zavod (Factory) branch line 20 versts, Nizhni Tagil (Tahil) Nizhnaja Salda - Alapajevsk line 121 versts and Bogdanovitsh - Sanarskaja (now Kamensk Uralskij) - Katajsk - Shadran line 149 versts. In addition the private Bogoslov Railway run from Goroblagodatskaja via Vyja to Nadjezhdvinskij Zavod (Factory) 182 versts. It had also a short branch line from Vyja to Turinskij Zavod (Factory) 12 versts. This Bogoslov railway should not be confiscated to narrow gauge (750 mm) Bogoslov Factory Railway which connected Bogoslov Iron Works to Sosva River. In addition there was also narrow gauge (750 mm) Alapajev Factory Railway. I hope this describtion cleared the situation of Ural railways.

Single track?
"The track was a single track and as such could only allow train travel in one direction." This is nonsense. Single track railroads, including the Trans Siberian, are always built with passing tracks and sidings, signals and timetables allowing operation in both directions.

Yes, of course! Have amended article to indicate this. I have a quote from the Tolstoy or Moscow Conference (1944) that Stalin said the daily capacity of the Trans-Siberian was 36 trains of which 26 could be spared for military use. Will work it in somewhere. Hugo999 (talk) 09:27, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Double-tracked?
So the railway was built as single-tracked, but the article does not tell if this is still the case. Is it currently single-tracked, double-tracked or a combination of these? If it is not entirely double-tracked, are there any plans or work in progress to make it so?

130.234.6.147 (talk) 13:06, 29 January 2014 (UTC)


 * AFAIK it was double-tracked and electrified throughout, during Soviet times. Some achievement! Moonraker12 (talk) 23:30, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

Time zone update notice
The Route description section had an update notice, reading "There are now eleven time zones in Russia, which currently observe times ranging from UTC+02:00 to UTC+12:00. This may affect the number of time zones the Trans-Siberian Railway runs through". This is actually not correct (see map): The old Soviet Union stretched from UTC+2 to UTC+12 (11 time zones), but western Russia is in UTC+3 (ie. Russia itself covers 10 zones). However the text stated that the TSR passed through seven zones, while the correct number is eight (from Moscow, UTC+3 to Vladivostok UTC+10). I have corrected the text and removed the update notice; I trust that is OK with everyone. Moonraker12 (talk) 23:25, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Technically, Kaliningrad is in UTC+02:00 so Russia actually covers 11 time zones, not 10. However, this is not really relevant to the Trans-Siberian, I agree with your wording in the article. Salmin (talk) 02:07, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you for concurring on the time zone issue: and my apologies, I had forgotten about Kaliningrad! (What an admission!) Moonraker12 (talk) 22:43, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

status of modernization ?
after all, mos info about it is now nearly 10 years old with no info if proposed plan worked as expected. 2A00:1028:9198:E50E:7C36:3949:13E7:B9D7 (talk) 19:06, 20 May 2018 (UTC)

WWII Condition
The article does not say much about what condition the railway was in during this time. Jokem (talk) 02:40, 24 February 2023 (UTC)