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  • Wood Paneled Dining Car on the Trans-Mongolian Railway - The Trans-Mongolian, a branch of the Trans-Siberian Railway running from Beijing, through Mongolia onto the Russian border.  The Trans-Mongolian is a popular branch, not only because it starts or ends in Beijing but also passes through some fascinating territory along the way breaking up the endless Siberian landscape with even more exotic Mongolia.
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  • The Trans-Mongolian Railway connects Ulan Ude, on the Trans-Siberian Railway in Russia, with Beijing by way of Ulan Bator in Mongolia. While Mongolian trains run on the Russian gauge, China uses standard gauge. For this reason through carriages between the two countries must have their wheels changed at the border. Each carriage has to be lifted in turn to have its bogies changed and the whole operation, combined with passport and customs control, can take several hours.
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  • Naushki Railway Station on the Trans-Mongolian, Trans-Siberian Railway which follows a somewhat Georgian architectural style which reflects Mongolia's long dependance on Russia especially with regards to things like railways and modern technology.
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  • After braving dust storms, and a long border crossing the train rolls into Ulan Bator station.  Provodnitsa busily clean up the railway carriage before pushing off towards Irkutsk.
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  • Beijing Railway Station opened in the 1950s, as can be seen from its architecture which merges traditional Chinese architecture with 50s design. . <br />
The traffic load of Beijing Railway Station has decreased somewhat with the opening of the Beijing West Railway Station in 1996. Still, it remains a busy railway station. Generally, trains for Manchuria, Mongolia, Shanghai, Nanjing,  Hangzhou depart from this station while the remainder depart from Beijing West.
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  • Beijing Railway Station opened in the 1950s, as can be seen from its architecture which merges traditional Chinese architecture with 50s design.<br />
The traffic load of Beijing Railway Station has decreased somewhat with the opening of the Beijing West Railway Station in 1996. Still, it remains a busy railway station. Generally, trains for Manchuria, Mongolia, Shanghai, Nanjing,  Hangzhou depart from this station while the remainder depart from Beijing West.
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  • First Class Compartiment on the Trans-Siberian Railway. Plush chintz and fluffy pillows make your home during the 7 day journey from Beijing to Moscow.
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  • Ulan Bator Railway Station Platform
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  • The Provodnitsa is your friendly  carriage attendant.  Besides keeping the bathrooms and corridors clean, and the samovar boiling with water, her job is also to keep track of your tickets - which she will hold for the duration of your journey, and advise passengers of the time at each stop, usually displayed in sign language or pointing at your watch.  While stretching on the platforms, it is rarely a good idea to stray far from the train, and to keep your eye out on the provenitsas for when they want you to get back on the train.  It would be most unlucky to be stuck in a provincial Mongolian or Russian village till the next train. .
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  • The blue-and-white theme on "The Baikal" continues to its corridors.  The provinitsas keep the water boiling at the end of each corridor, the carpets vacuumed and the windows locked.  Though everyone requests, at one time or another, that the windows be opened usually towards the end of the journey when smells are getting ripe, the attendants are loathe to open them.  In part, this is for the sake of security and guarding against unauthorized entry and theft.  However, it is to preserve the unholy air-conditioning that wafts down the corridors and through the compartments, except in stations when it shuts off.  This is when passengers most loudly request that the windows be opened, in addition to the photographers on board who always want at least one to be open.
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  • The most popular stop along the Trans-Siberian Railway is at Lake Baikal - one of the world's largest, deepest and cleanest lakes.  600 km long and 80 km wide, It is so huge that it contains 20% of the world's fresh water supply.  Sturgeon, salmon and the local speciality, omul, are products of the lake. The train passes by the lake at an unspectacular angle, but most Trans-Siberian and Trans-Mongolian passengers alight at Irkutsk Station and head for the a couple days on the lake.
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