4300 kilometers away from Moscow is Irkutsk, one of the largest cities of Siberia. The Russian city is the capital of the Irkutsk Oblast and lies on the only outflow of Lake Baikal.
Many people know the city mainly as a stop of the ◼Trans-Siberian Railway.
◼Trans-Siberian Railway
Since 1916, the longest railway line in the world with more than 400 stations exists. With a maximum speed of 140 kilometers per hour, trains run every other day on the route between Moscow and Vladivostok and vice versa.
After the start at the Yaroslavsky Rail Terminal in Moscow, the train reaches Irkutsk 3 days 4 hours and 5.153 km later. A total of 6 days 4 hours is needed for the route from Moscow to the on the Pacific Ocean located Vladivostok.
