The Trans-Siberian Railway’s top passenger train as seen along the route. The location was not provided.
Russian Embassy
Russian Railway’s new website promoting Trans-Siberian Railway travel includes pop-up dialogue from passengers traveling all 5,700 miles from Moscow to Vladivostok, Russia.
Russian Railways website
The Trans-Siberian Railway hosts a unique passenger train with more than a century of history. Now, more than 100 years after the line’s completion, the Russian Railways is promoting a new website highlighting the 5,700-mile journey.
Railroad sounds accompany a series of connected slides and pop-up text on the website. Photographers took 360-degree photos on certain portions of the train: in first-class, second-class, and in the dining car. Hover your mouse icon over a person and find out who they are: a National Geographic photographer, a Swiss designer who likes stripes; a retired Russian railroader traveling with his granddaughter, and a band member who loves food. “Click” on a person and they’ll tell you about their day on each of the six-day trip.
A representative of the Russian Embassy in the U.S. says the promotion is a way for the railway to highlight their network’s “crown jewel” and a popular tourist attraction.
That is really a clever website!
I thought they would use some of the refurbished cars on the "Rossia" by now?
Thousands and thousands of those cars where build from the 1950s until the 1990s. Depending on which train the cars are assigned to, they have been refurbished and/or rebuild to different standards. With the most comfortable ones ( mini bar, double beds, TVs…) assigned to some of the shortest overnight journeys, like Moscow to St Petersburg. While the very long hauls are still without private bathrooms in 1st class or a public shower anywhere on the train.
On the Trans Siberian Railway, as far as I know, there is only one of the two trains to China, which uses Chinese equipment. In 1st class of that train, two compartments share a wash room with a private shower.
So it´s a good idea to plan stopovers along the way.
The picture shows a shunting engine with a maintenance of way car taken anywhere in Russia but not on the Trans Siberian Ry
Must be Nice these other Country have better trains Cars then poor old Amtrak.
That "top passenger train" cannot be on the Trans-Siberian, which is now two main tracks electrically operated.