Editor’s note: Doug Anderson is a retired IBM programer and planner who has been riding the rails for years. He traveled on the Trans-Siberian Express Aug. 10-24, 2006. That was the reply to the ...

A 1973 train trip through Siberia to Moscow by rock legend David Bowie is now the subject of a museum exhibition. “David Bowie in the Soviet Union” at California’s Wende Museum features his friend ...

The longest direct train journey in the world covers 5,771 miles and takes almost a week to complete, with passengers travelling through eight time zones ...

Journey times on the iconic Trans-Siberian Railway could be cut by two-thirds if an agreement in principal between China and Russia comes to fruition. Business Insider reports a memorandum of ...

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published in May 2024. It was republished in February 2025 to mark the launch of CNN’s Chance Encounters podcast Marie-Claire Martineau couldn’t stop thinking ...

The world’s longest train journey might about to get even longer. Plans to extend the Trans-Siberian railway are being considered in Japan. If they are put in place, passengers will be able to take a ...

One train journey takes a staggering 167 hours to complete, with the railway spanning eight time zones to make it the longest in the world ...