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The Trans-Siberian Railway, [a] historically known as the Great Siberian Route [b] and often shortened to Transsib, [c] is a large railway system that connects European Russia to the Russian Far East. [1] Spanning a length of over 9,289 kilometers (5,772 miles), it is the longest railway line in the world. [2]
Trains became a national medium for the modernization of backward regions and a leading advocate of this approach was the poet-politician Alphonse de Lamartine. One writer hoped that railways might improve the lot of "populations two or three centuries behind their fellows" and eliminate "the savage instincts born of isolation and misery."
An ETR 600 high-speed train, operated by Trenitalia in 2023. Pendolino (from Italian pendolo [ˈpɛndolo] "pendulum", and -ino, a diminutive suffix) is an Italian family of high-speed tilting trains (and non-tilting) used in Italy, Spain, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Finland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the UK, the US, Switzerland ...
High-speed rail in Russia. Proposed corridor for linking Asian and European rails. High-speed rail is emerging in Russia as an increasingly popular means of transport, where it is twice as fast as the regular express trains between Moscow and Saint Petersburg.
Website. Official website. Ukrainian Railways or Ukrzaliznytsia (UZ) ( Ukrainian: Укрзалізниця) is a state-owned joint-stock company administering railway infrastructure and rail transport in Ukraine; a monopoly that controls the vast majority of the railroad transportation in the country. [a] Ukrainian Railways is the world's sixth ...
The first freight train in 25 years travelled on the Basarabeasca-Berezino line from Moldova in April 2023, the line having been recently renovated by a joint Moldova/Ukrainian team in just over a month. This line reopens an historic connection between Ukraine and Romania and bypasses Transnistria.
Rail transport in Greece. Rail transport in Greece has a history which began in 1869, with the completion of the then Athens & Piraeus Railway. From the 1880s to the 1920s, the majority of the network was built, reaching its heyday in 1940. From the 1950s onward, the railway system entered a period of decline, culminating in the service cuts of ...
The Bergen Line as a through line is used for up to five express trains operated by Norwegian State Railways, as well as freight trains by CargoNet. From Myrdal to Bergen there are commuter rail services operated by NSB.
The Mongolian Railway (MongolRail) is slated to cover 7,588 kilometres (4,715 mi) by year 2025. The coverage track distance will get increased by 4,778 kilometres (2,969 mi). Mongolian railways transported 20.5 million tons of freight in 2013, which is close to the system's full capacity.
Andrzej Grzybowski. Andrzej Edward Grzybowski (born October 19, 1968) is a Polish ophthalmologist, professor of medical science, lecturer and head of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, founder of Nationwide Education Operator., [1] and Foundation for Ophthalmology Development "Ophthalmology 21".