

Turkey opens tunnel linking Europe and Asia
Publié par admin dans Déplacements, Europe, In English, Innovation, Méditerranée, TransportsSource AP – ALJAZEERA 29/10/2013
Dubbed the « project of the century » by the government, the ambitious railway link cost three billion euro.
Turkey has for the first time connected its European and Asian sides by opening a railway tunnel that fulfils a vision first proposed by an Ottoman sultan about 150 years ago.
The tunnel is 13.6km long, with 1.4km running under the Bosporus, the strait that connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara, and divides Istanbul between Asia and Europe.
Turkish officials say that at more than 55-metres down, it will be the deepest submerged railway tunnel of its type in the world. Lire la suite »