An underwater railway line from the USA to China: a dream project?
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A 13,000km-long railway line from China to the USA, running partially underwater to cover the Bering Strait. It would be the finishing touch of the Belt and Road initiative, as it would connect the world by rail. But that will never happen, most of the RailFreight readers said in a poll on the website this week. Only a small number of people had full confidence in the project, which has been discussed since 2014 and seems to have more people talking than actually building.
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The original Poll asks whether it is realistic ‘to build a 13,000 km. long underwater railway line to the USA’ (from China). This is badly worded as it implies that the whole tunnel is underwater i.e. built under the Pacific Ocean!
My response would have been completely different if it had stated that about 64 miles of the route is under the Bering Sea, so it would only be twice as long as the Channel Tunnel. The project would probably be feasible depending on the depth of the Bering Strait.
The original Poll asks whether it is realistic to ‘build a 13,000 km long underwater railway line to the USA’ (from China). This is badly worded as it implies that the whole tunnel is underwater (spanning the Pacific Ocean!)
My response would have been completely different if it had stated that only about 64 miles of the tunnel would be under the Bering Strait. This is close to being twice as long as the Channel Tunnel, and so sounds feasible depending on e.g. the depth of the Bering Strait.
This is my opinion. China is never going to do this railroad under ground ,because of San Andreas fault runs from Alaska to Chile. It can happen on the Eastern coast to Europe. There is no fault.