Trans-Siberian Handbook (9th ed. July 2014)

9th edition July 2014. The World's Greatest Rail Journey. A trip across Siberia on the longest continuous railway track in the world is undoubtedly the journey of a lifetime. It's also a convenient way to reach China, Mongolia or Japan. Tickets are not expensive or difficult to arrange.Siberia: now wide open to visitors – for the first time in Russia's history you can now travel almost anywhere you want in Siberia: we tell you how to arrange a trip, where to buy tickets and where to go.Kilometre-by-kilometre route guide – A major feature of the book is the detailed km-by-km route guide. All points of interest are included along the way. With 49 rail maps in English, Russian and Chinese: see where you are as you travel.Siberia and the railway – the detailed history of Siberia, the construction and running of the railway today are of great interest not only to visitors but also to armchair travellers.City guides with maps – the best sights, places to stay and restaurants for all budgets: Moscow, St Petersburg, Ulan Bator, Harbin, Beijing and 25 towns in Siberia; nutshell information on Minsk, Berlin, Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, Helsinki, Hong Kong & Tokyo9th edition includes 90 mapsPlus – Russian, Mongolian and Chinese phrases, rail fares and timetablesAll routes retravelled for 9th edition and information updated to 2014. Changes to the 9th edition: 90 Maps 16pp extra full colour – making total of 32pp full colour. Added colour sections on Moscow and Lake Baikal.Fully updated by a Russian-UK national who travelled the whole route and knows what it's like to do so (not written by a team ofwriters).Full colour, full page, dedicated maps for Moscow Metro and Beijing SubwayLatest information to 2014 including how easy to book tickets online, up-to-date timetables and fares.Bilingual maps and addresses in Russian and English, and English and Chinese.