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Such a familiar thing for us is the railway! One of the most reliable and affordable and loved by many modes of transport. Bought a train ticket, came to the station. Now no one remembers that when the railway between St. Petersburg and Moscow was opened, travel was made free for the first three days precisely because everyone was afraid of this “terrible thing”.

On average, each of us 9 times a year becomes a passenger of the railway. The average number of Russian Railways passengers per year is 1 billion 300 million.

The most notable railway is the Trans-Siberian Railway. It is the longest in the world. From Moscow to Nakhodka - 9438 km and 97 major stations. The Rossiya branded train runs along this route, which is on the road for 8 days 4 hours and 25 minutes.

The very middle of the Trans-Siberian Railway is called the station Polovina. It is the same distance from Moscow and Vladivostok.

The coldest section of the Trans-Siberian Railway is located between the Mogocha and Skovorodino stations. The temperature here reaches -62 degrees. Although geographically it is not the northernmost point of the highway.

And the highest point where the rails of the Trans-Siberian Railway are laid lies at an altitude of 1040 m, between the Turgutui and Yablonovaya stations. This is 6110 km, Yablonovy Pass.

The longest freight train was 6.5 km long, consisted of 440 wagons and regularly transported 42,000 tons of coal from Ekibastuz to the Urals back in Soviet times. On the other side of the world, in South Africa, another record was set in 1989: a 7.3 km long train consisting of 660 wagons. True, the experiment was not repeated again. The wheel didn't last.

The first railway in Russia was a freight one, 2 km long. They built it in the Urals, at the Kolyvanovsky plant, and it worked on horse-drawn traction. The first passenger road was Tsarskoselskaya, known to everyone.

The speed of the first passenger trains in the 19th century was 33 km/h. And the railway workers at that time were a kind of elite: they were treated, for example, in the early 20th century to aviators, or in the 60s to astronauts. Modern trains can develop up to 580 km/h.

The requirements for hiring linemen have not changed during this time: they must have a good ear for music, because they determine the malfunction of the wheel by changing the tone when it is tapped.

According to statistics, the railway is 45 times safer than a car. For those who are still worried, experts advise choosing cars in the middle of the train, and in seated cars - buy a train ticket for seats against the movement.

Thrill-seekers are invited to Argentina. The legendary Patagonia Express train, specially restored for tourists, runs there. In addition to vivid impressions of local landscapes, you can suddenly find yourself a participant in an action called “Train Robbery” :)

There are many surprises in South America. For example, German engineers who surveyed the Isthmus of Panama for the construction of the Trans-American Railway said that it was unprofitable to make rails from local iron. Gold is the more affordable metal here...

1. The railway is a common thing for a modern person. Few people today have never traveled by train or long-distance train.

2. Traveling by rail is 45 times safer than traveling by road. The risk of getting into an accident in a train is much lower than in a car.

3. Today (on average) every Russian travels by rail about 9 times a year. And the total number of guests has long exceeded 1.3 billion people a year.

4. And the first trains in Russia and Europe were available to about 9% of the population of those cities between which rail links were being established.

5. The advent of the steam locomotive at the beginning of the 19th century changed the world, since it was from that moment on that people and goods could move around the world at unprecedented speeds.

6. The first passenger train in the world went on rails at a speed barely reaching the mark of 33 km/h. A little later, it was already possible to accelerate to 38 and even 42 kilometers per hour.

7. The opening of the railway communication Moscow - St. Petersburg was a real event. But ordinary people were in no hurry to use the innovation. A terrible rumbling thing caused genuine fear.

8. In order to promote rail transport to the masses, it was decided to make travel free. And this measure had an effect. Trains very soon ceased to be afraid.

9. But the stock's history was short-lived. It was possible to ride back and forth for free only in the first three days after the opening of the corresponding railway line.

MODERN HIGH-SPEED TRAIN "SAPSAN"

It is a pity that free travel from Moscow to St. Petersburg is a thing of the past.

10. In 1830, the first steam-powered American railroad, Liverpool - Manchester, opened. Decades later, hundreds of thousands of railroad miles crossed the United States.

11. Today, the descendants of these early railroads, including the CSX railroad, continue to play a key role in American life, transporting millions of freight cars every year.

QINGHAI-TIBET SINGLE-TRACK RAILWAY

12. Qinghai-Tibet single-track railway - the highest mountain road on the planet annually attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists from all over the world to admire the magical Tibetan landscapes of the "roof of the world" at an altitude of more than 5000 km above sea level.

13. No sea or air company can offer such romance. Of course, such extreme conditions require special trains.

14. The cars are fully sealed, equipped with personal oxygen masks and an oxygen supply system if necessary, and at intermediate and observation stations, passenger cars naturally do not open, because there is nothing to breathe outside them. The Chinese themselves are extremely proud of their engineering structure and put it on a par with the Great Wall of China.

15. When Englishman Richard Trevithick started his first practical steam locomotive in 1804, it was running at less than 16 kilometers per hour. Today, trains run 30 times faster on high-speed rail lines.

TRANSSIBERIAN HIGHWAY

16. Among the domestic railways, the most remarkable was and remains the Trans-Siberian Railway. She has many statuses. For example, this railway is known as the longest in the world. Today it has more than 9,400 kilometers of tracks and is a whole network of railways between Moscow and the Russian Far East. In addition, the road has branches to all neighboring border countries.

17. The construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway began in full force back in 1891, under the personal control of Sergei Witte, who, being then the Minister of Finance, clearly understood that Russia simply had to be a strategic partner between West and East.

18. In order for the construction of the road and related infrastructure to keep pace with each other, the Russian leadership began construction from the east and west at the same time, striving inland. To understand the scale of the project, suffice it to say that only in 2002 was the full electrification of the Trans-Siberian Railway completed!

19. Having reconstructed some sections of the Trans-Siberian Railway in the early 2000s, Russia organized the first permanent corridor of large-scale freight traffic between China, Mongolia, Belarus, Poland and Germany, which significantly increased the turnover of trade and contributed to the further development of the Far East as a strategic region.

20. The original name of the road is the Great Siberian Way. And it is great not because the construction of the road was carried out for almost a century, but because the Russian government then deliberately refused Western "aid", not wanting to allow the strengthening of the influence of foreign capitalists in the Far East. They built only with their own forces! And they did! Built!

21. No wonder they say that to drive along the Trans-Siberian Railway means to see half the world. Is it a joke? The famous Photographer Todd Selby, who has made a long journey from Paris to Shanghai by rail, claims that this is the real truth: “It’s fantastic to wake up every time, tear yourself away from the map and try to figure out where you are ... still in Siberia! Siberia is very big. And Baikal is very big. But this is just a part of great Russia!”.

OMSK RAILWAY STATION

22. Trans-Siberian is 9438 kilometers, more than 8 days on the road. On the route, the train stops at 97 major stations and passes through many smaller ones.

23. And there is also half the way on the Trans-Siberian. The station, located exactly in the middle of the railway between Moscow and Vladivostok, is called so. The distance from the "Half" to both cities is the same.

24.Transsib is also considered the coldest railway. Part of it passes through the climatic zone, where -62˚С is the usual temperature. Interestingly, the coldest point of the route does not coincide with the northernmost.

25. When the first Japanese Shinkansen appeared before the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, its speed exceeded 209 km per hour. Since then, the maximum speed of these trains has been steadily increasing. The current world record is 603 kilometers per hour.

RAILWAY IN THAILAND, IN MAEKLONG

26. No less amazing is the Thai railway, which passes through a real market! 60 km west of Bangkok in the town of Maeklong, the food market, located right on the railway tracks, quickly turns its food trays several times a day, twists the awnings and scatters right in front of the trains.

27. But the most amazing thing is that even at this time, trading does not stop! From the open windows of the train, a coin flies into the merchants, and fish, sweets, fruits and other purchases fly back through the windows. The main thing here is to be able to catch!

28. Although passengers have a knack for this business after rubbing their eyes from broken tomatoes and the phrase “I didn’t catch it again!” After the trains have passed, boxes with the remaining vegetables, fish and other goods are returned to the rails and trade becomes more civilized.

29. Japan is no longer alone in high-speed rail: France, China and Germany are also working on trains that can reach extreme speeds.

30. The United States is currently developing plans to build a high-speed rail line that will connect the California cities of San Francisco and Anaheim.

RAIL TRACK IN NEW ZEALAND

31. The Napier-Gisborne railway is unique in that it crosses the main runway of Gisborne Airport in New Zealand. This is the only railway in the world where it is the air traffic control service that allows or prohibits trains from crossing the runway to continue their route.

32. Sometimes planes and trains are separated from each other in just a matter of seconds! This outlandish "denouement" is perhaps the first offer to tourists from New Zealand guides! A locomotive and a plane rushing towards each other, a sight common for Hollywood or Indian films, but not for everyday life!

33. The first freight railway in Russia was only 2 kilometers long. This miracle of science and technology of its time was powered by horse traction!

34. The longest freight trains in the history of the railway traveled to different parts of the world. One transported coal (no less - 42,000 tons per flight) to Uraliz Ekibastuz back in the era of the USSR. The train consisted of 440 cars. Their total length exceeded 6.5 kilometers.

35. The record was broken in South Africa. Here, a train of 660 wagons entered the route. Their total length was 7.3 kilometers. But the experiment, unlike the Soviet one, had no practical meaning. The canvas could not withstand the load, and the railway had to be closed for a long time for repairs.

"TUNNEL OF LOVE" IN UKRAINE

36. The “Tunnel of Love” is a picturesque three-kilometer section of the railway located near the village of Klevan in Ukraine. It leads to a fibreboard factory.

37. The train runs here three times a day, delivering wood to the Orzhevsky woodworking plant. It is the train that makes the growing tree branches bend around the tracks and maintains the tunnel in this state.

38. A beautiful sunny summer green corridor attracts couples in love, and in autumn and winter photographers who want to capture this beautiful miracle of nature. It is believed that if you visit the "Tunnel of Love" and make a cherished wish, it will surely come true.

BAIKAL-AMUR MAINLINE

39. The Baikal-Amur Mainline was built by the whole country. The best young people from all over the Soviet Union came, worked, settled down. Families were created here, real labor feats were accomplished, discoveries were made.

40. The BAM was designed as part of a systemic project for the development of significant natural resources in little-explored areas, through which, in fact, the road ran.

41. On the way to the BAM, it was planned to build about ten territorial-industrial giant complexes, but Gorbachev's perestroika made it possible to complete the construction of only one South Yakutsk coal complex.

42. Then, with great hopes, privatization transferred a number of resource deposits into private hands, but instead of loading the capacities of the BAM and massive development of mineral deposits in the “output” zone of the highway, only oligarchs with yachts turned out.

43. By the early 2000s, almost all projects for the development of the Baikal-Amur Mainline zone were suspended under “ideological” pretexts of inexpediency, and the decision of the Soviet leadership to build the BAM was diligently stigmatized as erroneous and hopeless. Although this project for half a century was considered simply vital for Siberia and the Far East, according to all experts.

44. It is gratifying that the current leadership of the country is seriously focused on the revival of the BAM and the region as a whole. And it is not just words. Recently, the Elga deposit has been successfully operating, where the first coal was mined in the summer of 2011. An access railway line is being built, connecting it with the highway.

45. The first super-heavy freight trains went along BAM, allowing to transport 7100 tons instead of the previous weight norm of 4800 tons, which should increase the profitability of transportation several times. This became possible after the commissioning of new powerful two-section locomotives of the 2ES5K Ermak series and diesel locomotives 2TE25A Vityaz. The trains successfully overcome the most difficult section of the route - the Kuznetsovsky Pass.

46. ​​The railway tracks themselves at the pass were reconstructed and strengthened, the New Kuznetsovsky Tunnel was put into operation. I will note for critics: “The trains have gone, but they will not go. The pass has been reconstructed, but will never be. "Ermaki" and "Vityazi" are put into operation, and are not at the design stage. So BAM has a bright future, because a road built with love cannot but live forever!

BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILWAY

47. In 1827, Baltimore and Ohio became the first American company to receive a charter for the carriage of passengers and various goods. The company struggled to create a steam engine that would help overcome rough and uneven terrain and eliminate horse-drawn power.

48. Inventor Peter Cooper came to the rescue, who offered to design and build just such an engine. On August 28, 1830, Cooper's engine, named Tom Thumb (translated as "Thumb Boy"), on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad near Baltimore, went out to face off with a horse-drawn train. The locomotive immediately pulled ahead, and the leaders of Baltimore and Ohio, who were impressed by what they saw, decided to transfer their railway to steam traction. Soon, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad became one of the most successful railroads in the United States.

49. Want maximum security guarantees? Choose branded wagons of the carrier TKS. Their location in the composition and modern technical equipment ensure safety and comfort during the trip.

50. Modern high-speed trains drive along the railway at a speed of 320-430 km / h. And experimental innovative compositions are capable of accelerating to 603 km / h. And this, as scientists and engineers say, is far from the limit.

photo from open sources

In the modern world, there are many options for overcoming long distances. You can travel by bus, car, plane or train, and all these means of transportation do not seem to be something surprising.

However, a few centuries ago, none of the above existed, and people were just starting to create the things we are used to.

Even before the advent of the steam engine, there was a prototype of the railway in the world. The origin of railway transport, as we now imagine it, began in the 18th-19th centuries.

For several centuries, humanity has gone from a steam locomotive to high-speed peregrine falcons. Many scientists and inventors who managed to make a real breakthrough had a hand in the development of railway transport.

pre-steam era

In fact, rails existed long before the advent of the steam engine. It is believed that the first railroad was the Diolk portage, where slaves pushed carts through depressions in limestone as early as the 6th century BC.

Then railroads appeared in Europe, they worked due to the traction of people or animals. The rails were wooden and were widely used in mines for transporting mined rock to ships.

The history of the modern road began at the beginning of the 18th century, during the industrial revolution. Machine production gradually supplanted manual production, and a breakthrough was also outlined in the field of railroads.

The inventors were preoccupied with creating an engine that would not be driven by human resources. The first "swallow" was the steam engine of Thomas Savery, which he patented in 1698. After a few decades, it was improved and became a real breakthrough.

The oldest railroad in the world was founded at the end of the 15th century near the city of Salzburg. Previously, the Reiszug lift was powered by the traction of people or animals, but now it operates on an electric motor.

steam engines

The next milestone in the development of the railroad was the steam engine, which radically changed the concept of this type of transport. The idea arose to replace the resource for traction from a person (animal) to a mobile steam locomotive that could move cars along rails.

The implementation of this idea accelerated after the creation of the first steam engine in history. In 1769, Scottish inventor James Watt patented a heavy steam engine, which he improved by 1782. The updated version was suitable for use in steam locomotives, as it was more compact and powerful.

The first person to introduce a steam-powered wagon to the world was the Frenchman Nicolas Cugno. His invention can safely be called the predecessor of steam locomotives, although the test ended in failure.

Success came to Richard Tretiwick, who in 1797 managed to introduce a steam wagon. He began to develop a wagon that could move on rails, since the dirt roads were in a sad state. And, starting in 1801, he created several successful models of steam locomotives, which were first used on the amusement railway.

Indirectly, the emperor Napoleon himself had a hand in a sharp jump in the development of railway communication. His wars with most European countries led to a rise in the price of many products, including cereals, which were fed to horses. Since all large enterprises used horse traction, they had to urgently take measures in order to replace horses with steam locomotives without loss.

The Middleton Railway began to be used as an experimental site, which began to use steam traction. She began work in 1758 and at first carried out transportation at the expense of horses, who pulled carts along the rails. It was for Middleton that the first commercially successful Salamanca steam locomotive was designed in 1812.

It is worth noting that experiments on the operation of steam traction were not always successful. The boiler exploded there twice, and in 1866 the road again switched to the use of horses. By the way, it was here that the very first professional machinist, James Hewitt, was trained, who died during the second explosion.

Thus, experiments to create a successful steam locomotive continued for several decades, and only in 1825 did the opening of the railway available to the public take place. It was officially opened on September 27, and carried 600 passengers on the opening day. The train was pulled by the Locomotion No. 1 steam locomotive, built by inventor George Stephenson.

The road stretched for 40 kilometers and at that time was the first one intended for public use. Since that time, the railway boom has spread to other countries and has become a real breakthrough in the industrial revolution.

Golden age

It is not surprising that with the creation of the first successful steam locomotives, the railway network began to develop by leaps and bounds. In 1830, the world's first railroad was opened in England, connecting two cities, Manchester and Liverpool. It was, as expected, with stations and stretched for 56 kilometers.

After 20 years in England there were already 11,000 km of railways that entangled the whole country. In other European countries, this transport was also very popular.

The first prerequisites for the emergence of railroad tracks on the American continent appeared in the second decade of the 19th century, when Colonel John Stevens acquired the right to build a company.

By 1826, Stevens had introduced his first steam-powered locomotive, which was successfully tested. And already in 1830, the United States caught up with Europe and opened the first public road.

By 1840, the total length of railroads in the country stretched for 4.4 thousand kilometers, and by 1860 - for 48 thousand kilometers! Although the inhabitants of the country did not immediately like the innovation, many considered the locomotives to be "sons of the devil" and preferred to travel the old fashioned way.

From the 1860s, the golden age of railroad transport began in the United States. This area fell into the hands of magnates, the government provided generous subsidies for every mile of rail, so it is not surprising that in half a century the number of kilometers grew to 408 thousand.

The railway contributed to the unification of the country into a single domestic market and helped develop metallurgy and engineering.

Russian railway

For Russia, the history of this convenient mode of transport began much later, in the 1830s. The prerequisites already existed, for example, in the mines of Altai, there were narrow-gauge tracks with rails for transporting rock.

In 1788, in the city of Petrozavodsk, the first railway line in the Russian Empire called "Pig-iron wheel line" appeared.

However, the railway accessible to all appeared much later, in 1836 Nicholas I ordered the construction of the Tsarskoye Selo road. A year later, a grand opening took place, and the emperor himself swept from St. Petersburg to Tsarskoye Selo.

A serious impetus for the development of this type of transport was the defeat in the Crimean War. In the 1850s, one of the reasons for the failure was that this part of the Russian Empire did not yet have a railway connection. By decree of the government, a railway network throughout the country began to be actively built.

The longest road in the world, the Trans-Siberian Railway, was founded in 1891. At the moment, her record could not be broken, because the length is 9.2 thousand kilometers.

During the period of the USSR, railway transport continued to develop actively, Boris Beshchev made an invaluable contribution. He served as Minister of Railways from 1948 for 29 years. By 1965, he managed to reduce the use of steam traction to 24%, the rest of the communication was carried out by electricity and diesel locomotives.

At the moment, most of the railway track belongs to Russian Railways. In total, there are 124,000 km of tracks, and 86,000 of them are for public use.

Rail transport now

Of course, now trains run not due to steam locomotives, but due to electric traction. For the first time this invention was presented in 1879, when Vernet Siemens at the exhibition presented the only railway at that time 300 meters long, powered by electricity. In the same year, this technology was used in a factory in France.

Then, in 1880, the Russian engineer F. Pirotsky in Russia launched a car with 40 passengers using electric current. And already in 1881, the first railway line in history, powered by electricity, was opened in Berlin.

A significant impetus to the mass electrification of railways was the end of the First World War. Gradually, the countries of Europe, the USA and Russia began to electrify their railways.

Having mastered trains running on electric traction, the world has taken up the development of high-speed trains. The first successes were recorded back in 1903, when the train overcame the speed limit of 200 km/h.

European countries began to prepare projects for the creation of high-speed traffic, but Japan became the first country with such a network. In 1959, construction began on a road between Tokyo and Osaka, with traffic reaching 210 km/h. At the moment, the development of high-speed rail communication does not stop.

Railway records

As we have already mentioned, the longest railway in the world is the Trans-Siberian Railway. It can be overcome, on average, in a week of travel.

As far as speed records are concerned, now technology can no longer be compared with what it was a hundred years ago. The latest speed record among trains belongs to the Japanese MLX01, which accelerated to a speed of 603 km/h.

The deepest part of the railway is the Seikan Tunnel, which runs at a depth of 240 meters below sea level. But the highest station is Tangla in Chinese Tibet at an altitude of 5068 km above sea level.

Railway communication gave a huge impetus to the development of industry and allowed humanity to reach a new level of development. To this day, railways are one of the safest and most convenient modes of transport.

The longest railway is the Trans-Siberian Railway, which has a length of about 9300 kilometers.

Interesting fact number 3

The middle station of the Trans-Siberian Railway is called "Half". From it to Moscow and to Vladivostok the same distance.

Interesting fact number 4

The first railway was opened between St. Petersburg and Moscow, and the first three days of transportation were free of charge. Simply no one wanted to ride on such an unknown thing as a train.

Interesting fact number 5

If you want to work at Russian Railways, enter the railway institute in Krasnoyarsk.

Interesting fact number 6

In France, it is forbidden to kiss at train stations, as this often caused train delays. The law has been in force for 100 years, and no one has repealed it to this day.

Interesting fact number 7

RailroadIt is known that linemen who check the serviceability of train wheels have a sensitive ear for music. After all, they have to identify wheel defects by changing the tone of the knock.

Interesting fact number 8

On one of the trains that runs in western Peru, conductors provide oxygen bags to their passengers. The fact is that the train travels on the highest railway in the world, which is located at an altitude of about three kilometers.

Interesting fact number 9

Once, in the USA, in the state of Ohio, a train collided with a steamboat. Lake Ohio overflowed its banks at that moment, and the railroad plunged into a meter-thick water column. The driver, however, still decided to drive across the river, well, his way was blocked by a steamboat.

Interesting fact number 10

In Bavaria, in 1910, an order was issued on behalf of the local authorities, which forbade the drinking of beer by machinists and stokers during stops.

Interesting fact number 11

In Argentina, you can ride the famous Patagonia-Express train, which survived the heist of the century. Tourists who decide to ride this train will not only be able to enjoy the scenery outside the window, but also unwittingly take part in a planned performance that simulates a real train robbery.

Interesting fact number 12

In Argentina, you can now take a tour on the legendary Patagonia Express train, which was restored specifically for tourists. In addition to the impressions of the surrounding landscapes, passengers can become participants in the carefully planned "Train Robbery" action without their consent.

Interesting fact number 13

For several years, there was a railway route "Paris-Venice", where a special "Train of Love" ran. A special service was organized in the compartment of such a train. At the disposal of the passengers was a TV, shower, and a special sleeping bunk for two people.

Interesting fact number 14

Once in Switzerland they organized a train tour, where the whole high society of Swiss society was: officials, honorary citizens, politicians, etc. For the occasion, the entire train was made up of restaurant cars. However, the organizers of this celebration did not take into account the fact that there are no toilets in dining cars in Switzerland. As a result, when the train reached its destination, the passengers jumped out of the cars, surprising all the citizens who had gathered to meet the guests of honor.

1. Two lengths of the equator.

The total length of railway lines owned by Russian Railways is 85.2 thousand km. If all the existing Russian Railways rails were laid out along the equator, then it would be enough for two circles and a little more would be left. Moreover, one of these two circles was electrified and electric trains and electric locomotives could go along it. The second circle would remain exclusively for diesel locomotives smoking the sky from a pipe. The length of electrified lines is 42.9 thousand km.

2. Russian railways consume up to 6% of all electricity produced in the country, or 44 billion kWh per year, and 10% of diesel fuel.

3. High-speed trains are the pride of Russian Railways. Their photographs are printed on posters and in booklets, banners with their advertisements hang everywhere on the company's website. Today, Russian Railways has five trains, which are called high-speed. Two of them - "Sapsan" and "Nevsky Express" - run between Moscow and St. Petersburg, between Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod go "Sapsan", "Petrel" (twin brother of "Nevsky Express") and "Swallow". And from St. Petersburg to Helsinki goes "Allegro". The fastest of them are Sapsan and Allegro, in some places they travel up to 220 km/h.

4. The longest train route is Kharkov - Vladivostok (No. 053), the distance is 9722 km (in the opposite direction - 9715 km).

The longest direct routes are 10,267 km: Moscow  Pyongyang via Khabarovsk (direct car to train No. 001/002 Moscow Vladivostok) and Kyiv → Vladivostok (direct car to train No. 053 Kharkov  Vladivostok).

5. The railway line rises to the highest point on the Trans-Siberian between Turgutui and Yablonovaya stations. The train moves here at an altitude of 1040 meters. The second place in terms of height above sea level is occupied by the Kizha station, which is west of the Petrovsky Zavod, the height of which is more than 900 meters. And on the third place of the high-rise pedestal is Andrianovsky Pass, which is located west of Lake Baikal. Its height reaches 900 meters.

6. The coldest place on the railway is located on the section of the Trans-Siberian Railway between the villages of Mogocha and Skovorodino. Interestingly, this site is not the northernmost in terms of geography, but the coldest in terms of climate. This place can be called a real cold pole, as the temperature in winter here sometimes drops to -62 degrees. It is hard to imagine how a railway was once laid in the permafrost zone.

7. Every year 1,300,000,000 passengers use rail transport in Russia. That is, every resident of Russia uses the train 9 times a year. However, this figure is far from the limit. In the USSR, there were 15 train trips for every person.

8. The Trans-Siberian Railway is considered the longest railway not only in Russia, but throughout the world. The length of this railway from Nakhodka to Moscow is 9438 kilometers. There are 97 major stations on this road.

9. The middle station of the Trans-Siberian is called “Half”. From it to Moscow and to Vladivostok the same distance.

10. Before the revolution in Russia, there was the eponymous Main Society of Russian Railways, formed on January 26, 1857 in accordance with the imperial decree of Alexander II. The founders of the society were Russian, Polish, English and French bankers. The capital of the company was 275 million silver rubles. The first chairman of the Management Board of the society was Baron Peter Kazimirovich Meyendorff, and the chief director was Karl Koldinon, the chief inspector of bridges and roads in France.