Košice–Vienna broad-gauge line country Slovakia
The Košice–Vienna broad-gauge line (Slovak: Široká koľaj do Viedne, German: Breitspurstrecke Košice–Wien) is an international project to extend the 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Russian gauge (broad-gauge) railway line from the city of Košice in eastern Slovakia to Vienna and Bratislava. It will result in the creation of an 8,000-kilometre (5,000-mile) rail transport corridor linking Western Europe and China.The project is part of the Eurasian Land Bridge initiative to create a continuous rail connection between Europe and East Asia.In total, there are over 150,000 kilometres (93,000 mi) of Russian gauge railway lines, comprising 18% of all rail lines in the world.There are several individual Russian gauge lines in countries where this gauge is not the standard, including:
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