Can you imagine taking a two-day train ride from Shanghai to London? Or Singapore to London? What a fantastic trip that would be, and irresistible to all those European petchem travellers to the Asian business hubs. I just can't wait.
My eye was caught by an inspirational map of the proposed high speed rail route across Asia and Europe in an article in the Times (subscription-only). I'll be packing my fake Louis Vuitton steamer trunk just as soon as it's built (in 2020.)
Alternative links:
Kings Cross to Beijing in two days on new high-speed rail network
China to build 2bn railway for Iran
China promotes its transcontinental ambitions with massive rail plan
(map: thetransportpolitic.com)
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