Edinburgh to Shanghai
My first ever Trans-Siberian adventure. A 12500 km winter journey from Edinburgh to Shanghai on the Trans-Mongolian route. This journey was via Amsterdam, Warsaw, Moscow and Beijing using the Chinese 004 train to cross Siberia and Mongolia. In China I used the new high speed service to reach Shanghai.
Leg 1
Edinburgh – Newcastle
East Coast
150 km/93 miles
1 stop
Leg 2
Newcastle – Amsterdam
DFDS “Princes Seaways”
494 km/251 miles
Leg 3
Amsterdam – Warsaw
EN 447 “Jan Kiepura”
1094 km/679 miles
18 stops
Leg 4
Warsaw – Moscow
E 405 “Vltava”
1502 km/933 miles
7 stops
Leg 5
Moscow – Beijing
Train No 4
7826 km/4862 miles
33 stops
Leg 6
Beijing – Shanghai
G15
1318 km/818 miles
1 stop
Leg 7
Shanghai – Airport
Maglev
30 km/18 miles
Total 12414 km/7654 miles
Plenty of learning from some schoolboy mistakes, but I discovered the enormous satisfaction to be had in overland adventure. The journey gave me the practical experience and confidence to tackle more complicated long range rail objectives.
From my travel journal
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Matthew Woodward @ 2022