>>1046973Eh, it depends. Tomsk is nice but i've been here for a couple of days. Irkutsk has Baikal.
Omsk has a reputation of a hellhole. (pic related, map of Omsk subway)
Kuzbass is dirty but has some coal money.
Novosibirsk is a bit of everything.
Trains go on time from town to town, but not that often. And those are regular old trains, not fancy high speed ones.
You can get by train into China.