Who doesn’t like the thrill of a train? View of mountains, rivers, villages and cities looking out of the window. This is the fun of every journey. But in India we consider our Vivek Express as the longest train journey, this train runs from Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari. Its total length is 4,273 kilometers and it takes about 80 hours to complete this journey. But there is one such train journey in the world which will blow your mind.
This is the train journey from Portugal to Singapore. This train travels approximately 18,755 kilometers in its journey. It takes 21 days to complete it. That means a person has to spend 21 days on the railway tracks. This is not a luxury train. In fact, there are connections to more than 20 general trains. In this, only one ticket is not available, separate booking and separate visa is required for each country.
Visit many countries in one train
If the passenger has all the documents and everything goes well, then the journey starts from Lagos, the southern coastal city of Portugal. Where there are sea waves and European sunshine. Then it reaches Moscow in Russia via Madrid in Spain, Paris in France, Berlin in Germany, Warsaw in Poland and Belarus. From here the real game begins. Now passengers board the Trans-Siberian Railway. This is the world’s most famous railway line which is more than 6,000 kilometers long. From Moscow to Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, then to Beijing in China, the snowy forests of Siberia, Lake Baikal (the world’s deepest), the sands of the Gobi Desert, all get to see. This part alone takes 6-7 days.
Is included in the world record
The further journey of the train is towards south from Beijing. The journey is made by China’s high-speed train to Kunming, then via Laos-China Railway to Vientiane, Vietnam to Thailand’s Bangkok. Finally, Singapore can be seen from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. As soon as we land in the glittering city, 8 time zones have been crossed. In its journey, the train crosses a total of thirteen countries, which include Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Poland, Belarus, Russia, Mongolia, China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. According to Guinness World Records, this is the longest possible train journey. The total cost to complete this journey is only 1,350 dollars i.e. about 1.1 lakh rupees.
