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RF News

14th August 2009 17:11

Pakistan-Turkey rail trial starts (BBC News)

Pakistan is launching its first international freight train service from Islamabad to Istanbul, covering 6,500km.

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jeemac

14th August 2009 17:20

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Originally Posted by RF News (Post 30843)

Pakistan is launching its first international freight train service from Islamabad to Istanbul, covering 6,500km.

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What an epic journey! That would be a fantastic trip to make as a passenger, roughly 450 km/day for a fortnight :eek:
Just shows what can be done with some vision.

Midland Compound

14th August 2009 23:44

"Some operational obstacles also remain to be resolved" - like at least one change of gauge !

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