Trans-Siberian Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia in march 1890, the future Tsar Nicholas 11 personally inaugurated + blessed the construction of the far east segment of the trans-- Siberian railway during his stop at Viadivostok, after visiting japan at the end of his journey around the world' the Tsar's train was designed + built in St Petersburg to serve as the main mobile office of the Tsar + his staff for travelling across Russia' it was built from 1891 1916 under the supervision of government ministers of who were personally appointed by the Tsar
+ by his son
Tsar Nicholas 11' a Russian staff + administration based in Harbin operated it' at 9, 259 kilometres ( 5, 753 miles ) spanning a record seven time zones + taking eight days to complete the journey, it is the third-- longest single continuous service in the world, after the Moscow -- pyongyong ( 10, 267 km, 6, 580 ml ) + the kiev-- Viadivostok ( 11, 085 km, 6, 838 ml ) services, both of which also follow the Trans-- Siberian for much of their routes.
Tsar Nicholas 11' a Russian staff + administration based in Harbin operated it' at 9, 259 kilometres ( 5, 753 miles ) spanning a record seven time zones + taking eight days to complete the journey, it is the third-- longest single continuous service in the world, after the Moscow -- pyongyong ( 10, 267 km, 6, 580 ml ) + the kiev-- Viadivostok ( 11, 085 km, 6, 838 ml ) services, both of which also follow the Trans-- Siberian for much of their routes.