Khabarovsk Railway Station

The main railway station is an imposing Soviet-era building in the south of the city, the hub of the Trans-Siberian Railway's easternmost section. Arriving or departing Khabarovsk by train is an experience in itself — the station sees long-distance trains heading west towards Moscow (six-plus days) and east towards Vladivostok (12–15 hours), as well as regional connections across Khabarovsk Krai.

The station building, rebuilt in the 1980s, is functional rather than beautiful, but the atmosphere of a Trans-Siberian junction is compelling: passengers with enormous amounts of luggage, food vendors, and the particular sense of vastness that comes from being at a node of the world's longest railway. The famous Amur Bridge, visible from the train as it leaves the city, offers dramatic views over the river.

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Khabarovsk station sits almost exactly at the halfway point of the Trans-Siberian Railway — roughly 5,300 km from Moscow and 800 km from Vladivostok. In the Soviet era it was the largest railway junction east of Novosibirsk. The nearby Amur Bridge, completed in 1916, was for decades the longest bridge in the Russian Empire and required 18 months to construct — the river freezes in winter, making this one of the most technically demanding crossings of the entire Trans-Siberian line.

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