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Train Set: Track Two

99% Invisible

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Is There Any Real Prospect of a Rail Tunnel?

In the 1950s, people started to pitch various bridge and tunnel plans again. None of them panned out because of feasibility concerns, but also, of course, the Cold War. Since 2007, the concept has advanced; in 2008, Vladimir Putin approved the TKM link. In August 2011, the Russian government approved the project.

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