These iconic trains, like the Trans-Siberian and Maharajas’ Express, are redefining the experience of long-distance travel ...

An Orthodox priest rings a set of bells after baptizing a baby on board a train carriage that operates as a mobile church, bringing religion to remote parts of Russia. The Doctor Voino-Yasenetsky ...

The Trans-Siberian Railway, in Russia, is the longest railway trip spanning across three countries and two continents, ...

MOSCOW -- The Trans-Siberian Mainline, one of the world's classic rail journeys, is intimidating to some potential passengers because they don't speak Russian and because the trip takes a week. Now, ...

In the cramped train compartment, our knees brush against each other. I exchange a smile—my first in the two weeks since I’ve been in Russia—with a stranger across my seat. Russians are wary of ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Once considered the preserve of scruffy backpackers, hardy adventurers, and vodka swigging businessmen, a new train on Russia's Trans-Siberian route aims to lure wealthy tourists ...

On the shore of Lake Baikal, deep in eastern Siberia, one of the most ambitious feats of modern Russian rail engineering is nearing completion. The Baikalsky tunnel, carved through 7 km of mountain ...

The Doctor Voino-Yasenecky Saint Luka train serves as a free, mobile consultative and diagnostic medical center that carries medics and medical equipment yearly from the main regional city of ...

On the shore of Lake Baikal, deep in eastern Siberia, one of the most ambitious feats of modern Russian rail engineering is nearing completion. The Baikalsky tunnel, carved through 7 km of mountain ...