Below are the 12 longest passenger train journeys in the world , including only direct, fixed-schedule journeys that allow passengers to travel between two destinations without changing trains, according to World Atlas .
12. Moscow to Ulan-Ude - approximately 5,500 km
Passengers will travel for four days through the Ural Mountains and Siberia, passing through cities such as Yekaterinburg, Omsk, Novosibirsk, and Irkutsk.
11. Moscow to Severobaykalsk - approximately 5,550 km
Another long journey also begins from Moscow, passing through cities such as Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, and Krasnoyarsk. After about 3 days and 15 hours, the train will arrive in Severobaykalsk, located near the northernmost point of Lake Baikal.
Images of Russian railway carriages in Moscow.
Photo: Reuters
10. Irkutsk to Anapa - approximately 6,000 km
This journey takes passengers from Irkutsk in eastern Siberia all the way to the resort town of Anapa on the Black Sea coast. The route is approximately 6,000 km long and takes between 4.5 and 5 days to complete.
9. Moscow to Chita - approximately 6,200 km
Travelers departing from Moscow to the city of Chita in eastern Siberia will experience a journey lasting approximately four and a half days by train. This route takes passengers across the Ural Mountains and Siberia, passing near Lake Baikal before reaching their destination in Chita.
8. From Adler to Severobaykalsk - approximately 6,880 km
This is a seasonal train service, departing from Adler on the Black Sea coast (Russia) and ending its nearly 7,000 km journey in Severobaykalsk. The journey lasts more than 5 days, passing through cities such as Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk before reaching the area around Lake Baikal.
7. Moscow to Neryungri - approximately 6,950 km
Departing from Yaroslavsky station in Moscow, the passenger train travels deep into the Russian Far East. The route follows part of the Trans-Siberian Railway network before heading towards Tynda and Neryungri in southern Yakutia, taking approximately 5 days to travel across the country.
6. Chita to Anapa - approximately 7,070 km
This route connects Chita in eastern Siberia with Anapa, a Black Sea resort destination in Russia. The journey takes approximately 5 days and 15 hours and operates only at certain times of the year (seasonally).
5. Chita to Adler - approximately 7,500 km
Passengers traveling between Chita and Adler cross a vast area of Russia, starting from eastern Siberia and eventually reaching the Black Sea coast, a journey that takes approximately six days.
4. From Kislovodsk to Neryungri - approximately 7,960 km
Starting in Kislovodsk in Russia's North Caucasus region and ending in Neryungri in the Far East, nearly 8,000 km away, passengers will spend approximately 6 days and 7 hours traveling across Russia.
3. From Moscow to Vladivostok - approximately 9,260 km
The Moscow-Vladivostok route appears twice on this list because there are two separate train services connecting the two cities. Train 010H is the faster of the two, taking approximately six and a half days to reach the Russian Pacific coast.
2. Moscow to Vladivostok - approximately 9,300 km
The second route is the Rossiya, the more well-known of the two Moscow to Vladivostok routes, following the Trans-Siberian Railway through Russia but with a different schedule and stops than the 010H train, taking almost 7 days to complete the journey.
A train passes under the North Korea-Russia Friendship Bridge on the Tumen River.
Photo: Moscow Times
1. Moscow to Pyongyang - 10,214 km
At the top of the list is the journey connecting Moscow and Pyongyang (North Korea), a distance of over 10,000 km. Passengers take approximately 8 days to travel between the two capitals, crossing almost the entire width of Russia before entering North Korea.
This line operates twice a month and uses sleeper carriages throughout the journey. Passengers can remain in their carriages for the entire trip, even if the carriage is attached to different trains along the way.