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Mention any six features of Trans-Siberian Railway.
Explain the main features of 'Trans-Siberian Railway'.
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Solution
Six features of Trans-Siberian Railways are:
- It runs from St. Petersburg in the west to Vladivostok on the Pacific Coast in the east.
- It passes through Moscow, Ufa, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Chita, and Khabarovsk.
- It is the most important route in Asia.
- It is the longest (9,332 km) double-tracked and electrified trans-continental railway in the world.
- It has helped in opening up its Asian region to West European markets.
- It runs across the Ural Mountains Ob and the Yenisei rivers. Chita is an important agro-center and Irkutsk, a fur center.
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