#China "Belt and Road" freight train runs through İstanbul's Marmaray tunnel under Boğaziçi between Asia and Europe.
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TURKEY: A freight service passed through the Marmaray tunnel under the Bosporus between Asia and Europe in Istanbul at 03.30 on the morning of November 7, carrying 42 TEU of electronic goods in transit from China to the Czech Republic.
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Newspapers say train cars split into 2 before they pass through Marmaray tunnel in İstanbul. Marmaray is an immersed tunnel. They did not want whole train cause weight risk.