Which of the following trans continental railway is the longest double tracked and electrified ...........

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Which of the following trans continental railway is the longest double tracked and electrified in the world?

trans canadian railway

trans siberian railway

union and pacific railway

trans asiatic railway

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Explanation:

trans siberian railway is the most impprtant route in asia and the longest double tracked and electrified trans continental railway in the world.

With a length of 9,289 kilometres (5,772 miles), from Moscow to Vladivostok, it is the longest railway line in the world. There are connecting branch lines into Mongolia, China and North Korea. It has connected Moscow with Vladivostok since 1916, and is still being expanded.

It was built between 1891 and 1916 under the supervision of Russian government ministers personally appointed by Tsar Alexander III and his son, the Tsarevich Nicholas (later Tsar Nicholas II). Even before it had been completed, it attracted travellers who wrote of their adventures.