{"id":71,"date":"2019-10-21T00:38:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T23:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/?p=71"},"modified":"2025-10-09T10:29:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T09:29:30","slug":"where-to-go-what-route-to-take-trans-siberian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/where-to-go-what-route-to-take-trans-siberian\/","title":{"rendered":"How to choose where to go and what route to take on the Trans-Siberian?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are a myriad of different train routes to take between Edinburgh and Hong Kong.  How to decide which way to go?!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My choice of which route to take was informed by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>how much does it cost<\/li><li>how long does it take<\/li><li>how many connections are there (fewer connections are easier with luggage and mean fewer connections to miss!)<\/li><li>how many nights on the train (I didn\u2019t want too many consecutive nights)<\/li><li>what places I\u2019d like to see\/stop over in<\/li><li>when do trains arrive\/leave \u2013 on the Trans Mongolian and Trans Siberian sections some of the trains run at awkward times, or only run on certain days of the week<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>Edinburgh to Moscow by train<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/edinburgh-moscow-map-1024x363.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/edinburgh-moscow-map-1024x363.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/edinburgh-moscow-map-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/edinburgh-moscow-map-768x272.png 768w, https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/edinburgh-moscow-map-1073x380.png 1073w, https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/edinburgh-moscow-map.png 1079w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting out in <strong>Edinburgh<\/strong> the only way to connect with mainland Europe by train (if you don&#8217;t want to catch a ferry) is to go to <strong>London<\/strong> and catch the Eurostar from London St Pancras.  Edinburgh<strong> <\/strong>to London is a fairly straightforward and fast route along the UK East Coast main line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To help plan the onward route from <strong>London<\/strong> to <strong>Moscow<\/strong> I used&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seat61.com\/Russia.htm\" target=\"_blank\">The Man in Seat 61 website \u2013 London to Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The quickest route to Moscow by train from Western Europe is on the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seat61.com\/paris-moscow-express.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Paris to Moscow Express<\/a>, so the first part of my journey is planned around that train. As the name of the train suggests, it departs from Paris, but I\u2019m joining it in <strong>Berlin<\/strong> instead, because Deutsche Bahn\u2019s special discounted fares makes travelling via Berlin slightly cheaper than going via Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Deutsche Bahn offers special \u201cSparpreis&nbsp;Europa\u201d cheap fares from London to Germany (which include Eurostar tickets) from EUR 59.90.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>Moscow to Beijing by train<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1005\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/moscow-beijing-map.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/moscow-beijing-map.png 1005w, https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/moscow-beijing-map-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/moscow-beijing-map-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/moscow-beijing-map-698x380.png 698w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1005px) 100vw, 1005px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I used the Real Russia&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/trains.realrussia.co.uk\/transsib\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trans Siberian railway journey planner<\/a>&nbsp;to decide which route to take and where to stop off on the Trans Siberian\/Trans Mongolian railway from <strong>Moscow<\/strong> to <strong>Beijing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Planning tip: I knew I wanted to arrive in Beijing by Christmas Eve at the very latest so I worked backwards from that date<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>to see what stops I could make on the way and for how long.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The route from Moscow to Beijing follows the \u201cTrans Siberian\u201d Railway and \u201cTrans Mongolian\u201d Railway route. Both routes start out the same \u2013 Moscow to Irkutsk \u2013 but the Trans-Siberian route continues on eastwards to Vladivostok, whereas the Trans-Mongolian route turns south, through Mongolia, to Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trans-Siberian railway route<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the first part of the journey I\u2019ll be travelling on Train #2, the&nbsp;<em>Rossiya<\/em>, which runs the Trans Siberian route every other day, starting in <strong>Moscow<\/strong> and terminating in Vladivostok in the Far East of Russia (although I\u2019m only going as far as <strong>Irkutsk<\/strong> on this train).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ll be stopping off on the way in <strong>Yekaterinburg<\/strong> and <strong>Irkutsk<\/strong>, to get the opportunity to explore a couple of cities on the Trans Siberian route. The stops also break up the journey a bit, so that I don\u2019t spend more than two nights on the train in a row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trans-Mongolian railway route<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <strong>Irkutsk<\/strong> to <strong>Beijing<\/strong> I&#8217;ll go through Mongolia, on the Trans-Mongolian route, in the Chinese-run train number 004.   I&#8217;m not stopping anywhere on the way in Mongolia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>Beijing to Hong Kong by high speed train<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"662\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/beijing-hong-kong-map.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/beijing-hong-kong-map.png 662w, https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/beijing-hong-kong-map-300x159.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m taking the daytime high speed train from <strong>Beijing<\/strong> to <strong>Hong Kong<\/strong>, which takes just under 9 hours.  There&#8217;s also an overnight train between the two cities, but it takes 24 hours, so the high speed train is much quicker.   All the details are on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Man in Seat 61 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seat61.com\/hong-kong-to-beijing-by-train.htm\" target=\"_blank\">The Man in Seat 61 &#8211; Hong Kong to Beijing by train<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a myriad of different train routes to take between Edinburgh and Hong Kong. How to decide which way to go?! 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