The longest railway in the world. From China to Madrid

The first rails for railways were laid almost two centuries ago. Today, traveling even in a super-modern high-speed train is not the fastest way to travel around the planet, but remains one of the most convenient and safe. And freight rail transportation for a long time will be the main type of commodity exchange between countries and regions. The developed railway network, including the longest railway in the world, which for a long time was considered the Trans-Siberian Railway, is an indispensable condition for the progress of any economically developed region and the entire world economy.

Historical reference

After a very short time after the movement of the first public railway railway was opened in England in 1825, it became clear that this was the best way to transport goods and passengers. The world's railways began to entangle the land with rail cobwebs. The number of laid ways has clearly reflected the level of economic development of the state and its potential, including military.

The Russian Empire, in full accordance with the national character of the titular nation, harnessed for a long time and hauled loads on horses for a long time. Although the first railway communication between the capital city of St. Petersburg and the dacha Pavlovsk was established as far back as 1837, the exploitation of railways in Russia has long been conditional because of their absence.

National feat

The specifics of Russian spaces dictated the need for an accelerated development of the railway network - this was understandable to the most backward retrograde in the tsarist government. In May 1891, the heir to the throne, the future last autocrat, Nicholas II personally poured out the wheelbarrow of the earth at the base of the railway embankment near Vladivostok. And the construction of the eastern section of Transsib began. In order for the first train to pass from the Atlantic coast to Vladivostok in 1904, an enormous amount of money and human resources was expended.

The distance from Europe to the Russian Far East is such that after the end of construction, Russia inevitably turned out to be the longest railway in the world. The construction of the Great Siberian Route, as was initially called the main road, was called by many (especially in the days of celebrations on the occasion of the opening of the movement) a joint feat of the united Russian people, which combined to achieve the result and leading engineer, and a simple digger. Removing unnecessary pathos, you can find in this statement a large share of truth.

The Trans-Siberian Railway

Formally, the Transsib was completed when a section of the road from Chelyabinsk to Vladivostok was built, but the reconstruction continued for a very long time. Documented in the form of a tablet at the Yaroslavsky Railway Station in Moscow, the length of the Trans-Siberian Railway is 9298 km. In 2012, the full electrification of the Transsib ended, and today the train from Moscow to Vladivostok goes only 6 days and 13 hours.

Russian nature can not leave inanimate even a purely prosaic and economic concept. A long journey through Russian railways is not just a movement in space, it impresses any person, giving rise to deep feelings. The longest railway in the world - the Trans-Siberian Railway - is the heroine of numerous poetic and prose texts of different genres, songs are composed about her and films are made.

The Great Silk Road

China has long been a leader in economic growth. Trade turnover, economic, political, social and social ties of modern China with Russia and Europe require the establishment of high-throughput communication ways. The railways of the world and Europe are becoming an important part of this process.

Historical traditions in establishing contacts to many modern businessmen and politicians are seen in the paving on the modern basis of the Great Silk Road, known since ancient times. The caravan routes connecting the East and Europe, for a time, had a huge intensity, which was reflected in the wide spread of orientalism in Europe in fashion, pictorial and applied art. Shinuazri - Chinese rococo, which has become a defining trend for leading European architects and decorators at the turn of the XVII and XVIII centuries - largely a result of the heroic efforts of merchants who brought rich caravans from China.

Important direction of the economy

In the modern economy of China, the transport component is significant. The need to connect remote areas of the country with an industrial and economic center, a high need for interstate transportation made China a leader in the railway industry. The length of railways, on which modern trains are moving, is constantly growing.

In 2012, a new railroad was launched from Beijing to Guangzhou. The Chinese capital and the largest metropolis in the south of the country are connected by the longest and fastest branch in the world. On it at a speed of about 300 km / h will go supercomfort and reliable compounds, which reduced three times the time that was spent on this road before. The world's largest railways go exactly along this path of development.

Madrid - Yiwu

Today, to deliver goods from China to Europe, do not need many months of dangerous trips on camels and horses on difficult paths. But it is necessary to invest serious funds. The desire to make such a way fast, profitable, reliable, the Chinese proclaimed long ago, inviting Russian specialists to cooperate.

At the end of 2014, China was solemnly held, and in Madrid in 21 days met the train, which crossed the path from the Chinese city of Yiwu, located on the Pacific coast. Thus, the longest railway in the world with a length of about 13,000 km began to function. Although its condition does not yet allow the movement of comfortable passenger trains, and the passage of trains depends largely on the weather and other local factors, it can be said that the development of the transport network of the world has entered a new, impressive stage of development.