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  • A Vision Older Than the Country Itself, Turkey Opens Transcontinental Train
    A railway that tunnels under the Bosphorous Strait in Istanbul opened Tuesday on the Turkey's 90th anniversary, making it the first transportation system to connect Europe and Asia. The Marmaray tunnel, named for a combination of the nearby Sea of Marmara and "ray," the Turkish word for rail, runs 8.5 miles, less than one of which is underwater. The Bosphorous Strait runs through the middle of ...
    Oct. 29, 2013 - Mashable
  • Istanbul's new rail tunnel links Europe and Asia
    ISTANBUL — Turkey has opened an underwater railway tunnel linking Europe and Asia, and the two sides of Istanbul, realizing a plan initially proposed by an Ottoman sultan about 150 years ago. The Marmaray tunnel runs under the Bosporus, the strait that connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and divides Istanbul between Asia and Europe. The tunnel is 13.6 kilometers (8.5 miles) long ...
    Oct. 29, 2013 - Boston Herald

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