Underwater railway line from the US to China: a dream project?

© Christopher Rawlins

Relief could be in the pipeline for transpacific shippers – although not anytime soon. An old plan to build a rail line between China and the US (yes, really), has been revitalised. However, it will require buy-in from China, Russia, Canada and the US, a feat that may not currently be politically possible. According to Railfreight, the 13,000km rail line would partially be underwater, to cover the Bering Strait, becoming the longest underwater tunnel in the world, at more than ...