Forest fire may have caused the blasts which led to 400 people being evacuated.

Japanese companies consider investment in railway extension via islands of Sakhalin and Hokkaido.

Going by train all the way from Beijing (or even London) to New York could become a reality.

Major engineering achievement will connect Russia’s largest region to Moscow by train for the first time.

After a series of delays, Prime Minister orders the line to Russia’s diamond capital Yakutsk to be ready for the first passengers by July.

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

One of the great sights for early travellers across Russia on the Trans-Siberian Railway after its opening in 1899. 

One of the first stone buildings in Novosibirsk, the cathedral stands at the very beginning of its main street, Krasniy Prospect.  

Built in the neo-Byzantine style with a gilded dome, it is named after one of the giants of Russian medieval history, but was also a monument to Tsar Alexander III, who initiated construction of the railway and the establishment of a station at Novonikolayevsk, as the city was then known, and donated the land and the money for the building. 

Travel for the first time by train to Russia's diamond capital, the coldest city in the world!

New government list of prohibited activities paves the way for new 'environmentally-safe' small businesses near the lake.

Pedal power challenge as the Red Bull Trans-Siberian Extreme ultra-stage bicycle race heads from Moscow to Vladivostok.