Turkey's Bosphorus tunnel to open sub-sea Asia link

[marmar]

(BBC) A railway tunnel underneath the Bosphorus Strait is due to open in Turkey, creating a new link between the Asian and European shores of Istanbul.

The tunnel is the world's first connecting two continents, and is designed to withstand earthquakes.

It is being opened on the 90th anniversary of the Republic of Turkey.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has for years championed the undersea engineering project, first conceived by an Ottoman sultan in 1860. ..........................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24721779

[Ghost Dog]

1. Nice.

"In theory it brings closer the day when it will be possible to travel from London to Beijing via Istanbul by train..."

... High-Speed rail, all that way... Wow. Imagine.