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From the Financial Express:
The full article can be viewed at: http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/indian-railways-cements-whopping-6000-km-bangladesh-india-pakistan-turkey-trans-continental-train-run-demo-soon/573342/
The total distance is over 6,000km and involves one gauge change at Zahedan in IranRailway Minister Suresh Prabhu led Indian Railways is going to run a trans-continental container train full of goods from Dhaka to Istanbul, which would cover a 6,000-km journey across five countries – Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Iran and Turkey. It is codenamed as ITI-DKD-Y corridor, the route the container train will follow will be Dhaka-Kolkata-Delhi-Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul. Eventually, Yangon will also be connected to Dhaka after the missing Tamu-Kalay link in Myanmar is completed.
The full article can be viewed at: http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/indian-railways-cements-whopping-6000-km-bangladesh-india-pakistan-turkey-trans-continental-train-run-demo-soon/573342/