Home›Open Questions›When was the Trans-Siberian Railway actually completed: 1904 or 1916?Open QuestionsWhen was the Trans-Siberian Railway actually completed: 1904 or 1916?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextTransport Atlas. "When was the Trans-Siberian Railway actually completed: 1904 or 1916?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-transport.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/trans-siberian-railway-completion-dating.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextTransport Atlas. (n.d.). When was the Trans-Siberian Railway actually completed: 1904 or 1916?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-transport.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/trans-siberian-railway-completion-datingCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{transportatlas-when-was-the-trans-siberian-railway-actu, author = {Transport Atlas}, title = {When was the Trans-Siberian Railway actually completed: 1904 or 1916?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-transport.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/trans-siberian-railway-completion-dating}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionSources cite different completion dates depending on what counts as completion. Through rail service from Moscow to the Pacific existed by 1904, but it ran via the Chinese Eastern Railway across Manchuria rather than entirely within Russian territory. The all Russian route, avoiding Chinese territory via the Amur line, was not finished until 1916. Both dates are defensible depending on whether the question is asked about through service or an entirely domestic route.What would resolve this Nothing further needs discovering; the dispute is resolved by stating both dates with what each one measures, which this atlas does in the infrastructure entitys own completion year note rather than picking one silently.OpenRailway historyWikipedia: Trans-Siberian RailwayCross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnTrans-Siberian Railway, Infrastructure Well-attested Source Wikipedia: Trans-Siberian Railwaytier 2SourcesWikipedia: Trans-Siberian Railwaytier 2WikipediaConstruction sectionView the SourceWikipedia: Trans-Siberian Railwaytier 2WikipediaQuestion On: Trans-Siberian Railway, OverviewView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year