High-speed rail plan to link China to Europe

Passengers will be able to board a train in London and step off in Beijing in just two days under the Chinese government’s ambitious new project.


China is in negotiations with 17 countries to build a high-speed rail network to India and Europe with trains capable of running at more than 320 km/h within the next 10 years, according to the Telegraph.


The main line would link London with Beijing via Paris, Berlin, St Petersburg, Moscow, Astana in Kazakhstan and Khabarovsk in Russia.


It would also run to India and Pakistan, according to Wang Mengshu, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a senior consultant on China's domestic high-speed rail project.


“We are aiming for the trains to run almost as fast as aeroplanes,” Wang added, “The best case scenario is that the three networks will be completed in a decade.”


China already operates the world's fastest train that runs a top speed of nearly 400 km/h between the cities of Wuhan and Guangzhou.