About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 65. Chapters: Trans-Siberian Railway, Sleeping car, Orient Express, Caledonian Sleeper, Atlantic, The Overland, CountryLink XPT, Night Riviera, Sibirjak, DB AutoZug GmbH, Night Ferry, Nihonkai, Nightstar, Canadian, Twilight Express, Montreal - Gasp train, International Express, Akatsuki, Super Continental, International Limited, Le Train Bleu, The Westland, CityNightLine, Hayabusa, New Plymouth Night Express, Ginga, Sunrise Izumo/Sunrise Seto, Cassiopeia, Naha, Fuji, Thaksin Express, Hokutosei, Central Line, Hokuriku, Sakura, Noto, Malwa Express, Hamanasu, Vinelander, Moonlight Shinsh, Southern Aurora, Mizuho, EuroNight, Winnipeg Limited, Sud Express, Spirit of the Outback, Sleeper Either Class, Tamil Nadu Express, Kitaguni, Akebono, Amritha Express, DB City Night Line, Red Arrow, Pannonia Express, Nord Express, Donau-Kurier, Pothigai Express, Okhotsk, Asakaze, Tikhiy Don, NSB Night Train, Berliner, Moonlight Nagara, Pegasus. Excerpt: The Trans-Siberian Railway is a network of railways connecting Moscow with the Russian Far East and the Sea of Japan. It is the longest railway in the world. There are branch lines to China through Mongolia and Manchuria. In March 1891, the future Tsar Nicholas II personally opened and blessed the construction of the Far East segment of the Trans-Siberian Railway during his stop at Vladivostok, after visiting Japan at the end of his journey around the world. Nicholas II made notes in his diary about his anticipation of travelling in the comfort of "The Tsar's Train" across the unspoiled wilderness of Siberia. The Tsar's Train was designed and built in St. Petersburg to serve as the main mobile office of the Tsar and his staff for travelling across Russia. The main route of the Trans-Siberian originates in Moscow at Yaroslavsky Vokzal, runs through Yaroslavl, Chelyabinsk, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk...
