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Thirteen countries,

21 days

and 18,755 kilometers.

These are the figures that cover the longest train journey in the world, the one that starts in Lagos, in the Portuguese Algarve, and ends on

the island of Singapore

after touring Europe and Asia.

The route has been a reality for just a few days, when the missing section was inaugurated to make this curious Guinness World Record official.

That line necessary to complete the project was the one that covers the

414-kilometer

route between Kunming, in China, and Vientiane, the capital of Laos.

Getting started was not easy.

And not only because of the geographical accidents that are involved, saved by

numerous tunnels and bridges,

but also because of the complicated negotiations between the governments of China and Laos.

Finally, the new section operated by the

Laos-China Railway Company Limited

was inaugurated last December after several years of work.

Stopovers in Paris, Moscow or Beijing

After the opening of the section

between Kunming and Vientiane,

one can now embark on this ambitious railway adventure around half the world with stops in Paris, Moscow and Beijing, among others.

Its ideologues are the users of Reddit, the successful

digital platform

(it has more than 550 million followers) that functions as a news forum considered itself "the front page of the Internet".

Train of Laos-China Railway Company Limited.

The train lovers of the portal were in charge of carefully designing this new route, helped by

Mark Smith

, author of the blog The Man in Seat 61, specialized in train itineraries around the world. Its prestige has earned it awards such as

Best Travel Website

at the Guardian & Observer Travel Awards.

Together, Reddit users and Smith have also calculated what the price of the longest train trip in the world would be:

around 1,200 euros

, which would also cover some transfers between stations to change trains.

The approximate duration would be 21 days, with some

overnight stops

included to be able to manage

visas and connections

or simply rest, as the person in charge of The Man in Seat 61 explains in his own blog.

The tour covers a total of 13 countries from Portugal to Singapore.

Among them, Spain, France, Poland, Russia,

Thailand or Malaysia

.

You just have to have, you know, 21 days and 1,200 euros.

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