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Old 08-26-2011, 04:43 PM   #1
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Underground Railway Connecting Alaska and Russia

Road Trip! Russia approves tunnel to Alaska under Bering Strait — Autoblog Canada

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The Russian government has given the go-ahead on an ambitious new tunnel project that could connect Siberia with Alaska via an underground rail line. If completed, the $65 billion project will be the longest underwater tunnel in the world, besting the Chunnel between England and France by twice the distance. The planned course would stretch over 105 kilometres and would snake beneath the Big and Little Diomede Islands. According to Inhabitat, the project will be funded by a private and public partnership. So why build it?

Aside from being a civil engineering marvel, the tunnel would also provide an efficient way to move 100 million tonnes of freight per year. In addition, the tunnel could provide an easy transmission route for electricity developed by tidal energy stations and wind plants in Russia to Alaska and Canada. In addition, the rail system would complete a high-speed network that could stretch from London to New York City. Unfortunately, the project doesn't seem to be geared toward passenger travel. At least, not for now. Thanks for the tip, Chad!
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Old 08-26-2011, 04:50 PM   #2
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Is it going to be using standard railway gauge or Russian railway gauge? In school I heard the Russians backward engineered everything in case if they ever get invaded by the Yanks.

edit: actually I wouldn't be surprised if this is going to be something totally different from normal railways.
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^vee vill no confirm or deny zees heresay. u ask too menny fockign question.
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if the usa didnt have that lame ass communism vs capitalism struggle with russia for all these decades this probably would hae existed long ago and have costed a lot less

i wonder what crazy palin will say
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so u can go from one fucking cold place to another motherfucking cold place via rail
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And how quickly 65 billion will become 125 billion.
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if the usa didnt have that lame ass communism vs capitalism struggle with russia for all these decades this probably would hae existed long ago and have costed a lot less
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yeah. im sure theres alot of demand for people wanting a way to drive from fuken siberia to alaska.
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concept, concept and more concept.
when the thing is completed, it will be 50 something years later.

I prefer to witness railway connecting the North and South America.
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I'm surprised no one mentioned flooding or the tunnel collapsing lol
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yeah. im sure theres alot of demand for people wanting a way to drive from fuken siberia to alaska.
It's a rail line, not a driving tunnel; geared towards commercial use, not public.
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Now Sarah Palin can walk to Russia!
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yeah. im sure theres alot of demand for people wanting a way to drive from fuken siberia to alaska.
Dude, you didn't even have to read the article; just the quote alone would've told you its for trade and energy purposes, not public transportation.
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It's a rail line, not a driving tunnel; geared towards commercial use, not public.
The tunnel from France to England is also a rail line only.



It would be cool to drive to India.
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yeah. im sure theres alot of demand for people wanting a way to drive from fuken siberia to alaska.
lol the people who thanked this post did not even bother reading the first sentence in the quote.

the Arctic holds quite a bit of potentially valuable resources for Canada in the future, why do you think Russia/China wants a to claim it so badly?

I didn't realize this stretch would only be 100km...sounds totally doable..i was thinking at least 500km +
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Only 65 billion? Sounds more like a trillion dollar project if they run into issues working at those temps and under the ocean floor!
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From the people who brought you the Lada and the Trabant....now, the tunnel to end all tunnels! Yep, Id'd be first in line to ride that sucker....not!

"The Laika and Niva models' popularity began to wane after a few years because of the perceived lack of quality of all Lada car models. The cars were also widely criticized for their poor design. "

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Russians running a rail freight between euro and NA... hmmmm DRUGS & WEAPONS YEAHHH BUDDDY!!!!#!@!
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It's a rail line, not a driving tunnel; geared towards commercial use, not public.
Which makes the title of the article stupid.
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