TRANSPORTATION

Running Head : Train Transportation

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Introduction

Train transportation is an efficient public transportation network especially within Metropolitan areas as well as between large cities Normally it is characterized by its superb service , its punctuality , as well as the many people using it . For instance Russian railways , which are the longest in the world , have a railways are also rated second in length of electrified lines 40300 km The industry has a whole working age population of Russia (Moses , Savage , 1989 ,

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to the prediction or rather forecast of the Ministry of Railway Transport , revenue from Cargo transportation in 2002 amounted to 304 .1 billion rubles which projected a net profit of 54 .5 billion rubles . This shows how much it contributed to the economy of the country . The Ministry also is the best one with the longest system of state of the art fiber optic lines : 19080 km

The Russia 's trans-Siberian railways has for a long time been an almost mythic experience . It is the longest continuous rail line on earth . For most of its past , the Trans-Siberian journey has been a continuous movement experience , seven days or of undisturbed travel by train through the big expansive Russia . However , it is the interaction with other passengers , both Russian as well as tourists that makes the experience unforgettable (Moses , Savage , 1989 ,

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Traveling along the Trans-Siberian Railway is usually undertaken from west to east , though it is possible to go in the opposite direction . The usual route normally taken by travelers in the Trans-Siberian line runs from Moscow to Vladivostok . A second primary route is the Trans-Manchurian line , which coincides with the Trans-Siberian as far as Tarskaya it makes its way down to Beijing . The third primary route is the Trans-Mongolian line , that coincides , with the Trans-Siberian as far as the Buddhist enclave , then it makes its way to southern east to Beijing (Moses , Savage , 1989 ,

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In 1984 , a fourth route , which runs further to the north , was finally completed . The work of its construction had taken more than five decades of sporadic work to the west there are connections that are available through Moscow to Berlin , to Budapest , as well as to St . Petersburg

This railway started in 1880 when there was lack of enough transportation links between the European Russia as well as its far Eastern provinces which so became an obvious problem

In 1891 , the then leader Czar Alexander III came up with plans for the Trans-Siberian Railway as well as initiated its construction . After his death , three years later , the work was taken over by his son Nicholas Despite the confrontational challenges of this enormous project a continuous route was completed in 1905 , which had been rushed to completion by the outbreak of the Russo- Japanese war the year before

Trans-Siberian Railway is a major contributor in the economy of the country . It has uplifted the standard of living of the people , and for a long...