A groundbreaking $8.3 billion project, slated for completion in 2029, is poised to become the world's longest subaqueous rail and road tunnel. The ambitious plan aims to significantly slash travel ...

The Fehmarn Belt fixed link will transform the 45-minute ferry crossing into a much quicker train journey, connecting southern Denmark with northern Germany.

Constructed partially or entirely beneath bodies of water, underwater tunnels serve as vital infrastructure solutions where constructing bridges or establishing ferry routes is impractical.

Part of the transport sector's green transition, the underwater tunnel, dubbed the Fehmarnbelt Link, will have electrified train tracks as well as four lanes for car traffic. Cars will be able to ...

An alarm on board forced crowds of people to leave the train for the adjoining concrete service tunnel, which is normally used by maintenance workers. One passenger, Sarah Fellows, 37, called the ...

Narendra Modi (left) and Shinzo Abe at a bullet train manufacturing plant in Kobe, Japan, on November 12, 2016. Construction for an underground system, which features an underwater tunnel ...

Japan boasts the world's longest underwater tunnel ... but when five ferries sank in 1954, an idea for a train tunnel was put forward—especially as planned economic growth would have overwhelmed ...

It’s now not only the fastest train on the African continent ... Now, imagine the convenience of a high-speed underwater rail tunnel connecting Spain and Morocco. It’s projected that this ...

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It sounds impossible. Truly, a transatlantic train from New York to London sounds too good to be true. At the same time, this age-old idea to build an underwater tunnel would literally alter ...

The Dubai-Mumbai line would not be the first underwater train - the Channel Tunnel connecting the UK and France has been in operation since 1994. However, the UAE project would provide a visual ...