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Return to London please, via Moscow: Kremlin paves way for East to West rail link after after 'approving' $99bn Bering Strait tunnel

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Return to London please, via Moscow: Kremlin paves way for East to West rail lin
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  • Trip of a lifetime would take the best part of three weeks through picturesque Alaska and Siberia
  • Russia set to complete extension of rail network to tip of Siberia by 2030
  • $99 billion plan would see 65-mile tunnel bored under Bering Strait and linking East and West

The prospect of an epic train journey from New York to London might seem like a distant dream for those seeking the ultimate railway holiday.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2028854/99bn-Bering-Strait-tunnel-approved-Kremlin-paves-way-East-West-rail-link.html

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Water resources and freshwater ecosystems: Russian Federation

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