There are lots of reasons the issue of freight is fraught in landlocked central asian countries. Add to that list sanctions on neighboring russia, and that makes shipping goods even harder. We examine the plans to plot new rail routes across the region. And here in london, thousands have been lining up overnight to see queen elizabeth, the second lying in state. Our correspondent asks whether a good old fashioned cue is the best way to allicate a scarce regal resource.

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