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Which railway line is the longest in the world?

The longest railway line on the planet is the Trans-Siberian Railway (Moscow - Vladivostok), the actual length of the main passenger passage of which is 9288,2 kilometers.

The Trans-Siberian Railway passes through the territory of two parts of the world: Europe (0-1777th kilometers) and Asia (1778-9289th kilometers). Europe accounts for 19,1 percent of the entire journey, Asia - 80,9 percent. There are 87 cities along the highway. 5 of them have a population of over 1 million people (Moscow, Perm, Yekaterinburg, Omsk, Novosibirsk). 14 cities are the centers of subjects of the Russian Federation.

On its way, the Trans-Siberian Railway crosses 28 rivers, of which 16 are large (Volga, Vyatka, Kama, Tobol, Irtysh, Ob, Tom, Chulym, Yenisei, Oka, Selenga, Zeya, Bureya, Amur, Khor, Ussuri). 207 kilometers of the road were laid along the shores of Lake Baikal.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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