- At 9,288 kilometres (5,772 miles), the main route of the Trans-Siberian railway is the longest railway line in the world.
- Spanning seven different time zones, the route from Moscow to Vladivostok spans the most time zones of any single railway in the world.
- The route takes between six and seven days to complete nonstop.
- The route passes 19% (1777 kilometres ) through Europe and 81% (7512 kilometres ) through Asia. The border is marked with small obelisk at 1778 kilometres near town Pervouralsk.
- The Trans-Siberian Railway passes through 87 towns, 14 regions (oblast), 3 territories (kray), 2 republics and 1 autonomous region throughout the Russian Federation. Five of the towns have a population over one million people, those being Moscow, Perm, Ekaterinburg, Omsk and Novosibirsk.
- The territory of Siberia itself covers about 14 million sq km but is home to only 30 million people mostly concentrated in the Southern Siberian regions. By comparison, the UK is 244,820 sq km in size and has a current population of the UK is approximately 61 million.
- The longest bridge is that which crosses the Amur river. It was built in 1999 and is 2612 metres long.
- The longest tunnel starts at 8140 kilometres and stretches for 7 kilometres long under the Amur river.
- The route crosses 16 big rivers: The Volga, Vyatka, Kama, Tobol, Irtysh, Ob. Tom. Chulim, Enisei, Oka, Selenga, Zeya, Bureya, Amur, Khor and Ussury. The Amur is the largest river of the mentioned above, being about 2 kilometres wide at its point of crossing.
- The railway travels alongside Lake Baikal for 207 kilometres of the way and alongside the sea of Japan for 39 kilometres. At 1673 metres at its maximum depth, Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world. It is over 400 miles long.
- The highest point of the route is between the stations of Yablonovaya and Turgutui at the height of 1040 metres above the sea level.
- The average temperature along the route ranges from –40 °C to +40 °C. However, temperatures have been known to reach as low as -62 °C in the most severe place along the route between Mogocha and Skovorodino. Brrrrr!
