Luxury route
Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express
Moscow → Vladivostok · Russia
The Trans-Siberian done as a private hotel on wheels: fourteen days Moscow to Vladivostok with en-suite cabins, a bar car and stops the scheduled Rossiya cannot make.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 4224465 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 117 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 99.9% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 29 m); the longest stretch away from it is 6.5 km
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express?
The Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express runs 9,289 km from Moscow to Vladivostok.
How long does the Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 14 days for the 9,289 km. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.
Who runs the Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express?
Golden Eagle Luxury Trains, with Golden Eagle private train.
How old is the Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express?
The line has been in service since 2007. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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