Trans-Siberian train journey

Huge economic boost from upgrade to Baikal-Amur and Trans-Siberian lines.

Proposals have been made for high speed trains to run on two routes between Omsk and Novosibirsk, and Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk.

Giant Great Grey Owl hitches a lift on epic 5,700 mile journey to Moscow after injuring itself hunting.

Art student draws unique glimpse of the 9,258 kilometre Trans-Siberian Railway.

Tsarist inmates and Gulag victims were notoriously transported like cattle in packed carriages. Now it's different, as our pictures show.

Possible route could see 400km/hour bullet train pass through heart of Siberia and Altai region with stops in major cities.

33 hour journey between the capitals could be in place by 2020.

Rare historic pictures show Russia's last tsar as the first builder of the Trans-Siberian Railway 125 years ago this month.