Railways in Asia
Saudi Arabia has a modern railway network and a railway is an expanding mode of transport – very good way to travel between most important cities. The government plans to expand existing network over the next ten years. Ultimately the railway will connect the Kingdom’s ports from the Arabian Gulf to the Red Sea. Last …
Traveling by train is the best way to explore South Korea. The country has an extensive railway network with high-speed lines. Infrastructure is well-maintained. The network consists more than 4,200 km of standard-gauge lines connecting all major mainland cities. Last updated: 11.01.2024 The first railway on the Korean Peninsula from Incheon to Noryangjin (42 km) …
North Korea has an extensive network of standard-gauge and narrow-gauge railways. Most of the tracks are neglected. Rolling stock is old. Foreigners are not allowed to travel in North Korean local trains. The main railway station and junction is Pyongyang railway station – originally built in the 1920s, destroyed during the war and rebuilt in …
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There are passenger trains in most Asian countries and the train is a very good way to explore the most popular Asian countries. The railways in Japan and India are famous all over the world. The 21st century is a period of incredible development of railways in China. Train journey through the countries of the …
The first railway line on the territory present day Kyrgyzstan was completed in 1924. There are two railway lines in Kyrgyzstan. The Northern Line connects northern cities of Kyrgyzstan with Kazakhstan. The railway line runs from Lugovaya through Bishkek to Balykchy (322 km). The second line – Southern Line – runs from Osh (second largest …
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The first railway line in present day Turkmenistan was opened in 1880 from the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea near present day Türkmenbaşy to Mollagara. In 1885 tracks reached Ashgabat. Three years liter the railway was extended to Samarkand, Uzbekistan and ten years later to Tashkent. After the collapse of the Soviet Union trains …