What is the furthest distance connected by continuous standard gauge railway lines?

Question

perhaps I should of made it more Clear, I specified standard gauge rail tracks, in Russia a broad gauge is used.Also I did not specify a single train journey but 2 points continually connected by standard gauge rail lines

Answer 1

trans sibirean railway, this is some 10,000kms, this is the longest rail journey with out changing trains, moscow - vladivostock

though if you travelled from the south of portugal to moscow then picked this train up it would be a significantly greater distance.

Answer 2

The USA has the most mileage of rail road infrastructure on the planet and, except for some tourist rail roads, all of the track is continuously connected standard gage.  I think the total is in the 23,000 + mile range, but that's actually a guess.

Answer 3

Leningrad to Vlodivostok---trans siberian railway.

Answer 4

Standard Gauge...  you have several posibilities:

From Guatemala-Mexico border to Churchill or other far away branch in Canada.

From Sicilia island to Narvik in Norway.

From Perth to Brisbane (Australia)

From Russian border to Lasha (China).

Answer 5

70 mile

Answer 6

looks like you're not getting an answer

Answer 7

It was once possible to travel over 9,000 miles from Paris, France to Pusan, South Korea all by rail.  I believe there were break-of-gauge crossings during that trip.

In 1950, the rail link was severed at the 38th parallel.

Technically, Pyongyang-to-Moscow IS the longest possible rail trip at present, if you accept the break-of-gauge at the borders.  Kim Jong-Il traveled this 24-day long trip in 2001 in an armored train.

Methinks you already know the answer to your question!

Answer 8

Just a guess - Across Russia