Re: New transcontinental freight train: China to the UK
Author: Espee2472
Date: 01-29-2017 - 07:45
Max Wyss Wrote:
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> The sections through Kazachstan, Russia and
> Belarus is quite long, and it would require a
> considerable amount of traffic to justify a
> standard gauge line.
>
> As long as containers are hauled, transloading at
> the border can be set up to be fast and efficient.
> As there are also administrative tasks to be done,
> there would not be that much of a loss of time.
> And comparing that with the total travel time
> (maybe 4 hours compare to 18 days), there is not
> that much of a delay.
isn't the sector between moscow and
europe standard gauge?,i.e. passenger