railways

The Lede: A Railroad Rarity: Train Arrives Five Days Early

 Saturday, 26 January 2008, 11:54 Comments

Beijing to Hamburg in 15 days by rail. Biggest snag: the switch between standard-gauge to Russian-gauge at the Chinese-Mongolian and Belarusia-Polish borders.

(Read more: China, Germany, del.icio.us Links, globalisation, links, railways, transport)