Russian Railways (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Russian Railways (RZhD) (Russian: Rossijskie zheleznye dorogi (RZhD), Rossiyskie zheleznye dorogi (RZhD)), is the government owned national rail carrier of the Russian Federation, headquartered in Moscow. The Russian Railways operate over 86,000km (53,000 mi) of common carrier routes as well as a few hundred kilometers of industrial routes, making it the second largest network in the world exceeded only by the United States. The Railways also are one of the largest companies in the world employing 950,000 people and is also a monopoly within Russia.