While modern travelers often value speed and efficiency, train journeys offer a slower pace with a unique blend of nostalgia, ...

Embark on an epic journey across the Trans-Siberian railway, the longest train journey in the world, spanning over 9,000 km ...

The video follows a Canadian traveler as they begin a journey across Russia on the Trans Siberian Railway. Early impressions reveal the scale, landscape, and atmosphere of a route known for its vast ...

Reporting from Moscow — Beyond Irkutsk, a city along the Trans-Siberian Railway, my neighbor plunked a sausage and a bottle of Cognac on the table. I dug a Route 66 shot glass from my stash of small ...

The first time I rode the Trans-Siberian Railway was back in 1989, before the Soviet Union collapsed. I’d been working at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, and upon leaving my job decided that instead of ...

Waiting to board the Trans-Siberian Railway at a stop in rural Russia. Riding the Trans-Siberian Railway is one of those trips that elicits two distinct responses from friends and family. The first, ...

American author Lisa Dickey has ridden the famed Trans-Siberian Railway four times over four decades, seeing the train — and the country — transform over time. Her new book about those journeys, Bears ...

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 ...