In the future,will you be able to take a high speed train and or drive a modern road from Europe to Asia or even Europe to the US? Some ambitious plans were presented at the Russian Academy of Science. Vladimir Yakunin ,head of the Russian Railways , presented ideas for a mega road and high-speed rail network to link Asia with Europe.The route plans to span the entire length of Russia, and link into existing networks of the two continents.
The head of the Russian Academy of Science,Vladimir Fortov was quoted as saying this about the project. “The idea is that basing on the new technology of high-speed rail transport we can build a new railway near the Trans-Siberian Railway with the opportunity to go to Chukotka and Bering Strait and then to the American continent.”
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