Russia Plans Highway Linking London To New York

Let's get back to high speed trains Borat. I guess they're more technically feasible huh? Beijing is interested in funding Russia’s first high-speed rail line between Moscow and Kazan.

"... Train travel from Moscow to Kazan, the capital of the Tatarstan republic, will be shorted to just 3 and a half hours instead of the more than 14 hours it takes now. The train will be able to reach speeds of 400 kilometers per hour. It will also reduce the travel time between Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod, Russia’s third largest city, to just ninety minutes from the more than 10 and a half hours it currently takes..."

"...Train travel from Moscow to Kazan, the capital of the Tatarstan republic, will be shorted to just 3 and a half hours instead of the more than 14 hours it takes now. The train will be able to reach speeds of 400 kilometers per hour. It will also reduce the travel time between Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod, Russia’s third largest city, to just ninety minutes from the more than 10 and a half hours it currently takes..."

"...In addition to Kazan, the TranSiberian railway already connects Beijing and other Chinese cities with Russia and Europe, and the Chinese reportedly recently proposed an idea to build a 2-day train from Moscow to Beijing via Kazakhstan..."

"...Russian Railways is also considering a transport corridor that would link eastern Russia with the United states, via Alaska. This project has long been discussed and is called the Trans-Eurasian Belt Development high-speed link, but no official details have been released by the Russian transport giant..."

"...In October 2014 Russia and China signed a memorandum of understanding over a high-speed railway connection..."


Now to get to the political aspects. China is investing heavily into its new 'silk roads', bringing its products from east to west via land routes. It fears Washington and its Pacific fleet, and doesn't want its trade to be vulnerable to their qualms...thus the new trade routes. As Xi said, Russia and China have mutual needs and concerns. It's a new world out there, and a very different one as time goes on...And its one that Washington fears, and wants to stop the way it did between Russia and Germany. I don't think Washington will be able to, because the world is starting to get fed up with its arrogance, war mongering and bullying.

http://rt.com/business/245125-china-invest-russia-train/

 

You have to be a liberal to enjoy using trains?

Good, that means I am a fully paid up card carrying liberal.