Peace in the Middle East thru railways (when all u have is a railroad spike....)
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lol imagine the security you'd need at every station...and probably all down the lines as well...
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Still. Would be cool...Alexandria to Antioch via Cairo, Tel Aviv, Beirut...Baghdad to Aleppo via the Euphrates...etc etc
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Iran HSR = Tehran <-> Qom <-> Isfahan Saudi HSR = Medina <-> Jeddah <-> Mecca Turkey HSR = Ankara to Istanbul, Ankara to Konya, more planned
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Red = operating Orange = under construction Dashed Orange = construction prep Dashed Yellow = planning/proposed
#TrainTwitterpic.twitter.com/hMw3SN1G4N
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which reminds me, fun fact: much of the border between Syria and Turkey is an old railroad (Karkamış/Jarabulus to Nusaybin/Qamishli)
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also tangentially related: this past January, rail service to Aleppo was restoredhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGoyXOAPwSc …
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this is from before the war...open gangways, soft seats, luggage racks, unobstructed aisle, very good train:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBzEydQLFBs …
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genuinely surprised to see that they use a 1 and 2 arrangement for seating
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