European Railroad Discussion > Trans-Siberian Railway

This may be a question for Asia instead of Europe, but: how many freight trains and passenger trains run on the Trans-Siberian Railway mainline every day? Thanks!

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I am not sure of an exact number, but I believe in certain regions that it is substanital. Probably north of 50 a day at least anywhere on the entire line. I would bet many segments though are north of 80-110 trains a day.
Nick

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NGotwalt Wrote:
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> I am not sure of an exact number, but I believe in
> certain regions that it is substanital. Probably
> north of 50 a day at least anywhere on the entire
> line. I would bet many segments though are north
> of 80-110 trains a day.
> Nick

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/05/17 17:01 by Alexmarissa.

An estimate of 60-100 trains a day over most of the Trans-Siberian sound accurate and I wouldn't be surprised if it was higher than that. I've ridden both the Trans-Mongolian and Trans-Manchuria routes, freight traffic on the Manchurian line was much heavier than the Mongolian route.  
Here are my pictures from those trips 
Trans_Mongolian: https://flic.kr/s/aHsjN31ncT 
Mongolia-China: https://flic.kr/s/aHsjMVKHZi 
Trans-Manchurian: https://flic.kr/s/aHsk3BXW2q 

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Some great photos seldom seen of the TS.