Du Portugal à Singapour : voici le plus long trajet en train au monde (18 755 km)
Si vous êtes un globe-trotter dans l’âme ( ce que je suis )et que les (très) grands trajets ne vous font pas peur, alors ce voyage traversant 13 pays au départ de l’Europe devrait vous plaire. Car aussi étonnant que cela puisse paraître, il existe un train qui relie le Portugal à Singapour en seulement 21 jours ; ce qui en fait le plus long trajet ferroviaire au monde.
Débutant dans la ville de Lagos dans le sud du Portugal, ce périple de 18 755 kilomètres entre l’Europe et l’Asie offre une immersion complète à travers 13 pays. En effet, le train passe par l’Espagne, la France, l’Allemagne, la Pologne, la Biélorussie, la Russie, la Mongolie, la Chine, le Laos, la Thaïlande ou encore le Vietnam avant de terminer sa course à Singapour.
Durant ces 250 heures, plusieurs arrêts pour visiter sont inclus dont un à Paris. ( Hope to see my kids there )Mais afin d’être certain de pouvoir faire le voyage dans son intégralité, il convient au préalable de se renseigner sur les mesures en vigueur car plusieurs visas sont demandés pour pouvoir entrer ou simplement circuler dans certains pays comme la Russie
Les escales durant le plug long trajet en train du monde

Aperçu du voyage en train du Portugal à Singapour

The opening of a new train line in Laos has just created the longest continuous train journey in the world.
Travelling all the way from Lagos in Southern Portugal to Singapore, it takes you through Paris, Moscow and Beijing. And at 18,755km, experts estimate completing the full journey would take 21 days.
The hypothetical route was calculated by train buffs on Reddit with the help of rail expert Mark Smith from seat61.com.
Before now, a continuous train journey on this route would have ended in Vietnam and only gone on for around 16,898km. To then travel to Singapore, passengers would have had to catch a bus from Saigon, through Cambodia to Bangkok.
But on 2 December this year,( 2022) a high-speed rail line opened connecting Kunming in China to Vientiane, the capital of Laos. This means those looking for an extreme trip by train can now get between Beijing and Bangkok then on to Singapore - creating the new longest continuous train journey in the world.
Is it actually possible to make the world’s longest trip by rail?
Embarking on this monumental trip would take you through 13 different countries from Spain, Poland and Belarus in Europe to Mongolia, Thailand and Malaysia on the Asian leg of the journey.
The time it would take was calculated by British train enthusiast, Mark Smith who runs a website that advises on long journeys like this.
There are of course a few overnight stops included in the 21 day journey time, that Smith says are to allow for visas, paperwork and making connecting rail trips. Some short hops across cities to different railway stations would also be needed and booking tickets for the entire trip could cost around €1,200.
Travelling by train would also significantly reduce the carbon emissions of the journey. A one-way flight from Lisbon Portugal to Changi Airport in Singapore would emit an estimated 1.67 tonnes of CO2 equivalents. In comparison, making the long journey by either train or bus would emit roughly 0.08 tonnes.
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