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Chinese experts in discussions over building high-speed Beijing-US railway!!! ------ China-Russia plus America line would run for 13,000km across Siberia and pass under Bering Strait through 200km tunnel China is considering plans to build a high-speed railway line to the US, the countrys official media reported on Thursday. The proposed line would begin in north-east China and run up through Siberia, pass through a tunnel underneath the Pacific Ocean then cut through Alaska and Canada to reach the continental US, according to a report in the state-run Beijing Times newspaper . Crossing the Bering Strait in between Russia and Alaska would require about 200km (125 miles) of undersea tunnel, the paper said, citing Wang Mengshu, a railway expert at the Chinese Academy of Engineering . Right now were already in discussions. Russia has already been thinking about this for many years, Wang said. The project – nicknamed the China-Russia plus America line – would run for 13,000km, about 3,000km further than the Trans-Siberian Railway. The entire trip would take two days, with the train travelling at an average of 350km/h (220mph). theguardian/world/2014/may/08/chinese-experts-discussions-high-speed-beijing-american-railway?CMP=soc_567
Posted on: Fri, 09 May 2014 04:10:16 +0000

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