Tokyo Tranny Londonstan Express, Wo0T!

[Taro Toporific]

Wheels set in motion for London-Tokyo train link
Telegraph.co.uk | 2013 Jun 8
...the journey was just a dream – until last week, when a delegation of officials from Russia and Japan met to finalise the plan.
The scheme involves extending the existing Trans Siberian railway, with a bridge from the Russian mainland to the island of Sakhalin. The new train route will then continue south for 380 miles across the Russian island, before reaching the coast. A 25-mile tunnel will be constructed under the Soya Strait, taking the train onto Japanese territory.
It will enable direct rail transport from London to Tokyo in around two weeks....

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[legion]

Did you see the first comment on the Torygraph?

Does russia still have gulags.

Can we resist the temptation?

I hope they really do this, I hate the frickin plane

[Coligny]

Trains are for communists...

Wait...

Never mind...

If they could make it an l.g.v. /highspeedrail that would take only 3-4 days... In the comfort of a train... With restaurant and panoramic car it would be a vacation in itself...

[Russell]

Could be fun in that 25-mile tunnel under the sea when an M 9.0 earthquake hits...

[legion]

Could be fun in that 25-mile tunnel under the sea when an M 9.0 earthquake hits...

about as much fun as being on a plane over Siberia when the engine catches fire

[Coligny]

Could be fun in that 25-mile tunnel under the sea when an M 9.0 earthquake hits...

Tunnels being designed to support a huge amount of earth over them tend to be quite safe in case of earthquakes.
Traditionnally the earth shake in big chunks with few separation rifts which can be troublesome for rail tracks. But usually much less than surface landslide.

[yanpa]

Did you see the first comment on the Torygraph?

Does russia still have gulags.

Japan does. According to a trained journalist. (See what I did there?)

[yanpa]

However I really would not like my commute to be at risk of being integrated in any way with London's transport system.

[yanpa]

I hope they really do this, I hate the frickin plane

You will hate the replacement bus service between Chelyabinsk and Brest-Litovsk even more.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Did you see the first comment on the Torygraph?

Does russia still have gulags.

Can we resist the temptation?

I hope they really do this, I hate the frickin plane

That's pretty frightening...it's almost the first thing that came to mind when I read this story. (The trained journalist was the first thing...)

Russia doesn't have gulags, but it does have lots of cities that forbid entry by foreigners. Many of these places were close to/part of the old Soviet gulags.

[Coligny]

Russia doesn't have gulags, but it does have lots of cities that forbid entry by foreigners. Many of these places were close to/part of the old Soviet gulags.

Soooo... It's like Hokkaido but with better food ?

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Russia doesn't have gulags, but it does have lots of cities that forbid entry by foreigners. Many of these places were close to/part of the old Soviet gulags.

Soooo... It's like Hokkaido but with better food ?

And fewer Japanese...

[Samurai_Jerk]

Russia doesn't have gulags, but it does have lots of cities that forbid entry by foreigners. Many of these places were close to/part of the old Soviet gulags.

Soooo... It's like Hokkaido but with better food ?

For a joke to be funny there has to be a grain of truth in it.

[Coligny]

Bu... Bu... But... I like Russian food. Kolkhoze Cola and Cabbage boiled potato burgers...