Silk Rail

The Silk Rail is the name given to the maglev rail network spanning Eurasia from Ulaanbataar to Prague. The project is currently under the development phase, determining destinations and estimating the long-term effects of construction.

The rail network is administered by Silk Rail Corporation, based in Almaty with offices in Ulaanbataar, and Damascus also.

The Silk Rail is currently limited in operation to Central Asia due to embargo of the Levant Arab Republic. Entry to the country has been forbidden by Iran and Paradox, and as a result only operate in the Central Asian countries, Russia and Mongolia.

Conception
The Silk Rail project was concieved by the New Empire of Japan, Mongolia, the Central Asian Confederation and the Levant Arab Republic, looking to increase regional trade and the flow of commodities. The original plan was for the maglev network to start from Ulaanbataar and end at East Jerusalem, crossing Mongolia, parts of Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Kurdistan, Iraq and the Levant Arab Republic.

Later CDC Attention
The Project soon received attention from the rest of the CDC. The United Realms of Lords and Paradox wished to expand the rail to the Byzantine lands with stations at Antioch, Ankara and Constantinople. Later Tarakia expressed interest with an agreement made to expand into Venice. The Azeorthian Union was the last to declare interest in project by negotiating the rail network to end at Prague, Czech Republic.

New Route
A new route that splinters from Iran to Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia, eventually rejoining the main route at Ankara has been suggested.

Orient Express
For administration purposes it has been suggested by the Silk Rail Corportion to shift the European part of the Silk Rail to the Orient Express, planning to be from Constantinople to London.

Technology
The techonology most prominent for this project is the maglev, vital to make the rail network high speed. The trains on the rail will go with the speed of 320 km/h, with the proposed train being the E6 Shinkansen.

Railway Stations
The Silk Rail plans to stop at the following stations:

The European Stations have been moved to the Orient Express project instead.