More than 18,000 kilometers between Portugal and Singapore without the need for CAM

Trains lover, we have your plan for summer. It is very possible that we are late but as you will see it is better to prepare it with time, carefully and, above all, asking for all the necessary permits that you will need. Because yes, you will need them.

Permits, about 1,200 euros and time. Three weeks, specifically. It is what is needed to cover the railway line that, linking trains and companies, allows all of Europe and much of Asia to reach its southern end. With departure in Laos (Portugal) and arrival in Singapore, we talk about the longest train trip in the world.

This is the world’s longest train trip

It all depends on how much money we want Euronews than the longest train trip in the world You can take about 1,200 euros and 21 days of journey, taking into account some breaks in the city to rest or the time to be used in visas.

At least that was the estimate in 2021, the year in which the Opening of a new section Railway between Kunming (China) and Votián (Laos) allowed to add the kilometers enough for the line to end in Singapore. The change is so relevant that it allowed to reach 18,755 kilometers to which the total journey amounts to.

At that time, Russia had not yet decided to invade Ukraine so the trip has been complicated since then. The idea is to enter Russia prior to Germany, Poland and Belarus so communication should be assured. Of course, we should not lose sight that whoever is determined to carry out this railway odyssey is entering a country at war.

To have all the details by hand, in the SUBDDIT R/MAPPORN They have drawn The whole route exposed on a map of Europe and Asia. In it we see how the route begins as we said in Laos (Portugal) at the southern end of our continent. Next to the Algarve begins an adventure that can end in another paradisiac environment, the Best Singapore Beaches.

Following the proposal of Reddit users forces to put Madrid aside and choose to cross all of Castilla y León. From there, one goes to the Basque Country and crosses France for Perpignan. Once in the Gallic country, European capitals will be linked: Paris, Berlin, Warsaw, Minsk and, already in Russia, Moscow.

Once in Russia is the longest section of the trip within the same country. Overcome Moscow, it continues a little further north taking two of the most famous lines that make up the trip. First, much of the route of the Transiberiancrossing the entire Russian steppe but before reaching the end it is about deviating to Mongolia.

Entering Mongolia in the north, now another famous train is taken, the Transongolianwhich serves as a railroad between Moscow and Beijing. Here, we cross the Chinese border that we will only leave behind when we travel south. It is time to return to Laos (this time phonetically), Thailand and Malaysia.

Chinese influence is notable here, even after having overcome the borders of the country since if we are traveling through train, it is because China built the line that UNE Bangkok with Beijing. It is, in fact, Laos’s first railway line that does not end in the sea.

Overcome the almost 19,000 kilometers of train is time to enjoy the destination. Relax and, why not, try to imitate Willy Fog. If Smith’s estimates do not fail, we have half the world to go and 59 days ahead to match the feat of the character of Julio Verne.

Photo | Giulia de Santis and OpenrailwayMap

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