Describe the significance of ‘Trans-Siberian Railway’.

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Describe the significance of ‘Trans-Canadian Railway’.

Significance of ‘Trans-Siberian Railway-

• ‘Trans-Siberian Railway’ connects European Russia with Asiatic Russia.

• It has helped in opening up its Asian Region to West European markets.

• ‘Trans-Siberian Railway’ runs from St. Petersburg in the west to Vladivostok in the east.

• It runs across the Ural Mountains and Yanisi River, Chita is an important agro center and Irkutsk is a fur center.

• ‘Trans-Siberian Railway’ is the longest double-tracked, electrified and most important transcontinental railway in the world.

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‘Trans-Canadian Railway’-

• ‘Trans-Canadian Railway’ runs from Halifax in the Atlantic Ocean to Vancouver on the pacific coast.

• ‘Trans-Canadian Railway’ connects Quebec Montreal industrial region with the prairie region and the forest region in the North.

• Each of these regions become complimentary.

• The economic artery of the world is a loop line from Winnipeg to Thunder Bay.

• The important export on this route is Wheat and meat.