The greatest train journey on Earth,
Trans-Siberian highway is the longest railway in the world. The great Siberian Way, connecting Moscow to Vladivostok, has 9298 kilometers long, crosses 8 time zones, passes through 87 cities and settlements and crosses 16 rivers, including Volga.
(Electrification began in 1929, but wasn't completed until 2002)
(Construction began in 1891)