Will a multi-continent high-speed rail link break ground before 2029?

Rails Across Horizons

The dream of stitching continents together with high-speed rail reads like a love letter to engineering ambition. Its blueprint sprawls across maps in bold strokes, tethering regions through tunnels, bridges, and political negotiations.

Yet the grander the line, the heavier the burden of diplomacy, land rights, environmental review, and budgetary gravity. Nations rarely move in synchronized stride on projects of this magnitude.

Given the slow pace of multinational coordination, I expect preliminary talks to intensify but actual groundbreaking before 2029 remains unlikely. The idea will hum at the edge of possibility, awaiting a decade more cooperative than this one.