The fact, that Trans-Siberian Railroad is the longest continuous rail line on earth, is well-known. As if it was not enough, Transsib has made some other records, like progress rate of the works and project costs. There are some more curious facts about Trans-Siberian Railroad and some records of this monster, going through 12 regions, 2 territories, 2 republics, 1autonomous region and one district included in the region.
1. One continent – two parts of the worldTrans-Siberian Railroad connects two parts of the world, Europe and Asia. The boundary goes through the 1778 km of the Railroad, where it crosses the Central Urals, near the not-too-high pass. It is not far from the city of Pervouralsk. The frontier is marked with a white obelisk. Typically obelisks like that are constructed in memoriam, but this one reminds you that the Europe has fallen behind. More than 80 per cent of Transsib goes through Asia. read more