Trans-Siberian

English

Adjective

Trans-Siberian (not comparable)

  1. Nonstandard form of trans-Siberian.

Proper noun

the Trans-Siberian

  1. Ellipsis of Trans-Siberian Railway.
    • 1905, “Ekaterinburg”, in The New International Encyclopædia‎[1], volume VI:
      Ekaterinburg is connected by rail with Cheliabinsk, on the Trans-Siberian line. In the vicinity are the gold-mines of Niviansk and Beresov.
    • 1911, “Manchuria”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition, volume 17, New York, N.Y.: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., page 553:
      The Chinese Eastern Railway Company was formed by the bank under this agreement, to construct and work the line, and surveys were made in 1897, the town of Harbin being founded as headquarters for the work. The line, which affords through communication from Europe by way of the Trans-Siberian system, enters Manchuria near a station of that name in the north-west corner of the country, passes Khailar, and runs south-east, near Tsitsihar, to Harbin.
    • 2025 November 12, Tony Streeter, “All around the world”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 44:
      However, perhaps the most extraordinary railway line was still to come: the Trans-Siberian. Stretching for nearly 6,000 miles and connecting Moscow with Vladivostok on the Sea of Japan, it was completed in 1904, fully 13 years after construction started.
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