longest railway systems in the world
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All aboard the worldâs longest railway! All aboard the world’s longest railway! The route connecting China to Spain might be the longest railway journey in the world, but it’s hardly the new Silk Road. The China to Spain route passes through 8 countries, including Russia, Germany and France. Photograph: Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP/Getty Images.
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10 of the world's longest bridges of various types World's Longest Bridges. Longest Rail Bridge: Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge, China. Connecting Shanghai to Nanjing along the Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway, this elevated viaduct was named the world’s longest bridge—period—by Guinness World Records when it opened in 2011.
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World's longest train journey ends in Madrid Follow. The world's longest train journey has concluded in Madrid – marking the end of the line for carriages which set off from China 20 days ago to make the 8,000 mile trip. The train left Yiwu, in eastern China, on November 18 on what is being described as a test journey to see whether the route is viable. A regular freight service could open up next year. The carriages then passed through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany and France, before arriving in Madrid on December 8.
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World Metro System Facts The world’s longest metro system tunnel is located on Line 3 of the Guangzhou Metro in China. The tunnel is located between the Airport South Station and Panyu Square Station and is 60.4 km / 37.5 miles long.
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World Metro System Facts THE metro system with the longest, single escalator in the world is situated at the Park Pobedy Station on the Moscow Metro in Russia which is 126.8 meters long and takes two minutes forty seconds to ride.
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- Main article: List of longest railway tunnels in the world. Main article: List of longest subway tunnel sections. Only continuous tunnel sections should be included, excluding branches from the longest tunnel. Only continuous tunnel sections should be included, at least 13 km long. See also List of metro systems#Metro systems under construction. Note: There are buried oil and gas pipelines, up to several thousand kilometers long.
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Transcontinental railroad 1 The first Eurasian transcontinental railroad was the Trans-Siberian railway (with connecting lines in Europe), completed in 1905 which connects Moscow with Vladivostok on the Pacific coast. 2  There are two connections from this line to China. 3  It is the world's longest rail line at 9,289 km (5,772 mi) long.n many cases they also formed the backbones of cross-country passenger and freight transportation networks. In the United States of America, a series of transcontinental railroads built over the last third of the 19th century created a nationwide transportation network that united the country by rail.
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Top ten fastest trains in the world Velaro E, designated as AVE S 103 in Spain, is the fastest series-production high-speed train in the world. It achieved a whopping speed of about 400kmph during its test trips in Spain. The train possesses an operational speed of 350kmph.
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Top ten fastest trains in the world Shanghai Maglev, also known as Shanghai Transrapid, is currently the fastest train in the world. CRH 380A running between Beijing and Shanghai, was manufactured by CSR Qingdao Sifang Locomotive & Rolling Stock.
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Worldâs 30 best metro rail systems The Shanghai Metro is the urban rapid transit system of China’s largest city, Shanghai. The system incorporates both subway and light rail lines. It opened in 1995, making Shanghai the third city in Mainland China, after Beijing and Tianjin, to have a rapid transit system.
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Switzerland Celebrates World's Longest Rail Tunnel Pride and euphoria swept through Switzerland last week when a gargantuan drilling machine emerged through the rocks deep under the Alps to join the two ends of the world's longest railroad tunnel.
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France World's Fastest Trains. Top 10 Fastest Trains in the World. Trains is one of the most popular land transportation means. With the development of technology, people can make High Speed Rail that used for fastest train in the world. Several countries in the world are trying to make the fastest train in the world. Some of the trains is still in service but some of them become a failure for the company that invested on the development of the railways. Here’s 10 fastest trains in the world today: 10. HSL 1, Belgium, 300 km/h (186 mph)
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LEGO World Records The longest bridge within a LEGO train track was built at LEGO World Copenhagen 2011 by the Danish team Byggepladen (led by Knud R. Thomsen). The suspension bridge had a total length of 10.22 m and a free span of 5.61 m. It was passed by two trains during the show.
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Gotthard tunnel: World's longest and deepest rail tunnel opens in Switzerland Goods currently carried on the route by a million lorries a year will go by train instead. The tunnel has overtaken Japan's 53.9km Seikan rail tunnel as the longest in the world and pushed the 50.5km Channel Tunnel linking the UK and France into third place. Switzerland's engineering triumph.
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10 Best Subway Systems in the World The Moscow Metro is also one of the longest subway systems in the world as well as one of the busiest, and it has 14 lines that cross the city. Riding this subway is a must-do activity in Moscow, for sightseeing within the system as well as for transportation purposes. The stations and tunnels are just that cool.
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- List of metro systems. For Light Metro systems, see Medium-capacity rail transport system § List of MCS/light metro systems. The Shanghai Metro is the longest metro system by route length. The Beijing Subway is the metro system with the highest ridership.
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The World's Longest Railway Is Stalled In Madrid Also called Yixinou, the route surpasses the world's second- and third-longest routes, the Trans-Siberian railway (5,772 miles) and the Moscow-to-Beijing (4,340 miles) train. Journalists near the first cargo train Yixinou from China's Yiwu to the Spanish capital Madrid, on Nov. 18.
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Five of the Fastest Trains in the World Achieved in 2003, the MLX01 train holds the record for fastest train in the world. JR-Central has been investing in infrastructure to develop a maglev rail system independent of the extant Shinkansen network that could attain reliable speeds up to 310 mph.
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10 Best Subway Systems in the World Here are several cities where you should skip the bus, the sidewalks, and the streets and opt for the subways instead! Of all the subway systems in the world, these ten are the very best. 1 London Underground. The Tube was the first underground railway in the world. It was created in 1893, and modernized in 1905.
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The World's Longest Railway Is Stalled In Madrid Also called Yixinou, the route surpasses the world's second- and third-longest routes, the Trans-Siberian railway (5,772 miles) and the Moscow-to-Beijing (4,340 miles) train. Journalists near the first cargo train Yixinou from China's Yiwu to the Spanish capital Madrid, on Nov. 18. STR/AFP//Getty.
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Trans-Siberian Railway Trans-Siberian Railway. The Trans-Siberian Railway (TSR, Russian: транссиби́рская магистра́ль, tr. Transsibirskaya Magistral; IPA: ) is a network of railways connecting Moscow with the Russian Far East. With a length of 9,289 kilometres (5,772 miles), it is the longest railway line in the world.
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- At 10.96km long, the Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel is India's longest and Asia's 2nd longest tunnel, aimed at reducing the travel distance between Quazigund and Banihal to only 11 km and providing a hassle-free travel up to Baramulla.
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- At its maximum length of 710 feet (216 m), BART has the longest trains of any metro system in the United States. The system also features car widths of 10.5 feet (3.2 m) (the same width as a Budd Metroliner), a maximum gradient of four percent, and a minimum curve radius of 394 feet (120 m) on the main lines.
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- The Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway is a 1,318-kilometre long high-speed railway that connects two major economic zones in the People's Republic of China, the Bohai Economic Rim and the Yangtze River Delta. Construction began on April 18, 2008, and a ceremony to mark the completion of track laying was held on November 15, 2010. The line opened to the public for commercial service on June 30, 2011. This rail line is the world's longest high-speed line ever constructed in a single phase ...