West Siberian Railway

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West Siberian Railway - one of the 16 branches of the OJSC " Russian Railways ". It is part of the Trans-Siberian Railway .

Road history[change | change source]

The road was built in the period 1892-1896 at the expense of the treasury.

In 1900 it became part of the Trans-Siberian Railway.[1]

Road characteristic[change | change source]

The expanded length of the main routes of the highway is 8,985.6 km.

Three tunnels were erected on the road.

References[change | change source]

  1. "История Западно-Сибирской магистрали". rail-zsib.blogspot.ru. Archived from the original on 2017-06-09. Retrieved 2017-06-23.