High Speed Train
INFOGRAPHIC: China's high-speed rail vision
China is proposing five high-speed international railway networks that would ultimately connect the UK at one end, America at another and Singapore in the south, with China in the centre.
PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 01 October, 2014, 9:26am
UPDATED : Thursday, 30 October, 2014, 9:02am
China is proposing five high-speed international railway networks that would ultimately connect the UK at one end, America at another and Singapore in the south, with China in the centre. The large number of countries involved requires Herculean efforts of diplomacy, technology and economics. Here is the general outline of what it will take to make the vision a reality
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