lifeline of nations I

india railways 1871 (wikipedia)

journeys on train

Yixin’ou: dec. 9, 2014: yiwu, china — > madrid, spain 13,000 kms / 21 days

China–>Kazakhstan–>Russia–>Belarus–>Poland–>Germany–>France–>Spain

started reading Blink by  Malcolm Gladwell

 

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http://edition.cnn.com/2014/12/14/travel/yixinou-worlds-longest-train-journey/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_China

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Japan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_India
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Railways

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Russia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_usage_statistics_by_country

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail