While modern travelers often value speed and efficiency, train journeys offer a slower pace with a unique blend of nostalgia, ...

The Trans-Siberian Railway is a legendary route that connects Moscow to Vladivostok, crossing the vast expanse of Siberia ...

Embark on an epic journey across the Trans-Siberian railway, the longest train journey in the world, spanning over 9,000 km ...

Reporting from Moscow — Beyond Irkutsk, a city along the Trans-Siberian Railway, my neighbor plunked a sausage and a bottle of Cognac on the table. I dug a Route 66 shot glass from my stash of small ...

The first time I rode the Trans-Siberian Railway was back in 1989, before the Soviet Union collapsed. I’d been working at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, and upon leaving my job decided that instead of ...

Waiting to board the Trans-Siberian Railway at a stop in rural Russia. Riding the Trans-Siberian Railway is one of those trips that elicits two distinct responses from friends and family. The first, ...

All eyes are on Russia this week as the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi are underway. One of the coolest ways to see the vast nation is a trip on the Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express, one of the ...

American author Lisa Dickey has ridden the famed Trans-Siberian Railway four times over four decades, seeing the train — and the country — transform over time. Her new book about those journeys, Bears ...

If a trip to Siberia in a third-class train cabin during the dead of winter sounds like your cup of tea, well, you might get along with Morning Edition's David Greene. And if you'd rather pass, don't ...

Wednesday’s Google Doodle celebrates the 100th anniversary of the completion of the Trans-Siberian Railway, which was built by Russian Tsar Alexander III between 1891 and 1916. The railway, which was ...

A Trans-Siberian train can feel like a lonely place. One night, on hour five of a 24-hour leg from Yaroslavl to Yekaterinburg, I stood in the corridor outside our cabin, looking out at peaceful ...

Russia has shelved plans to build a proposed railway line from Siberia to northwestern China due to its eye-watering price tag, the Kommersant business daily reported Wednesday, citing a source ...