Passengers might soon be able to follow an almost uninterrupted track from one side of the world to another, thanks to an ambitious new project.
The Russian government has proposed a 45 km rail bridge that would cross the East Sea to Japan.
Hopping on a train in St Pancras, London, the proposed route would travel for the majority on Russian rails, before reaching the terminus in Wakkanai Japan.
This would truly be a bridge over troubled waters, seeing as the two countries have been at war for most of the 20th century.
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