Turkey tests undersea rail tunnel linking Asia with Europe

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Turkey tests undersea rail tunnel linking Asia with Europe

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Turkey tests undersea rail tunnel linking Asia with Europe

Turkey has successfully completed a trial run of a rail tunnel under the Bosphorus connecting Istanbul's European and Asian sides...

The 13.6 km (8.5 mile) tunnel, including a 1.4 km immersed tube tunnel - the deepest of its kind in the world at 56 metres - passes under Turkey's Bosphorus Strait, the busy shipping channel linking the Marmara Sea to the Black Sea...

Turkish prime minister joins trial run through rail tunnel under Bosphorus
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