On the shore of Lake Baikal, deep in eastern Siberia, one of the most ambitious feats of modern Russian rail engineering is nearing completion. The Baikalsky tunnel, carved through 7 km of mountain ...

After an 80-hour train ride across Russia, we finally reached Vladivostok at the end of the Trans-Siberian Railway. But the adventure didn’t stop there—we explored abandoned Soviet barracks, hiked the ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Once considered the preserve of scruffy backpackers, hardy adventurers, and vodka swigging businessmen, a new train on Russia's Trans-Siberian route aims to lure wealthy tourists ...

One train journey takes a staggering 167 hours to complete, with the railway spanning eight time zones to make it the longest ...

The Trans-Siberian Railway in Russia is the longest railway journey, traversing three countries and two continents, taking holidaymakers to some of the world's most secluded spots. The train links ...

I've been looking into doing this one for a couple of years now and I've finally decided to shut up and git r done. Has anyone ever done it? <BR><BR>Most people seem to do the Moscow->Vladivostok ...

A 1973 train trip through Siberia to Moscow by rock legend David Bowie is now the subject of a museum exhibition. “David Bowie in the Soviet Union” at California’s Wende Museum features his friend ...

KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine's spy agency staged two successive explosions on a railroad line in Siberia that serves as a key conduit for trade between Russia and China, Ukrainian media reported Friday.

MOSCOW (AP) — A motorway bridge over the Trans-Siberian Railway has collapsed, injuring a truck driver and nearly missing a train that was passing underneath. Russian officials said the driver of a ...

Restaurants have gotten pretty creative with their outdoor spaces: igloos, Swiss ski chalets, Viking huts. At the globally inspired small plates restaurant Compass Rose, just off 14th Street, the team ...