Trans-Siberian Railway - Chelyabinsk - Kurgan route should be for DC EMUs and for the other trains. Trans-Siberian lines except high platform line (see above) should be for most platforms and for some platforms. Trans-Siberian Railway The Trans-Siberian Railway (TSR, ) is a network of railways connecting Moscow with the Russian Far East. With a length of , it is the longest railway line in the world. There are connecting branch lines into Mongolia, China and North Korea. It has connected Moscow with Vladivostok since 1916, and is still being expanded. It was built between 1891 and 1916 under the supervision of
Trans-Aral Railway the Tashkent Soviet a degree of autonomy from Moscow during the period immediately following the Bolshevik takeover, which resulted in atrocities like the Kokand Massacre, in which between 5,000 and 14,000 people were killed. The line passes through several notable cities in Kazakhstan, including Aral, Qyzylorda, Turkistan, and Shymkent. It connects at Arys with the Turkestan-Siberia rail line toward Almaty, eastern Kazakhstan, and south Siberia. Trans-Aral Railway The broad gauge Trans-Aral Railway (also known as the Tashkent Railway) was built in 1906 connecting Orenburg and Tashkent, then both in the Russian Empire. For the first part of the 20th century