The Chinese Eastern Railway or CER "Dōngqīng Tiělù", "Dōngshěng Tiělù", or "Zhōngdōng Tiělù"; or , "Kitaysko-Vostochnaya Zheleznaya Doroga" or "KVZhD"), also known as the Chinese Far East Railway, Trans-Manchurian Railway and North Manchuria Railway, is the historical name for a railway across Manchuria (northeastern China).