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The Global
Rail NetworkA Road for All Humanity

Kianosh Rahmani

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Unabridged · English edition 2

Contents

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Before the journey

Opening pages

3 chapters · 7 min

1:01

4:38

1:36

Part 1

Why Travel?

6 chapters · 42 min

1:16

7:14

9:13

11:00

6:42

6:14

Part 2

The World as It Is

2 chapters · 21 min

9:19

11:54

Part 3

The Idea and the Vision

2 chapters · 13 min

7:14

5:51

Part 4

Building and Running the Network

7 chapters · 49 min

0:36

The Routes and the Design of the Network

8 sections · 10:05

1:11

2:52

1:41

0:37

0:33

0:37

0:44

1:51

The Technology of the Trains

10 sections · 9:42

0:28

0:43

0:50

1:24

1:04

1:13

0:51

1:04

1:10

0:54

The Water Crossings

5 sections · 5:39

0:33

2:15

1:37

0:31

0:43

Standards and Safety

8 sections · 5:47

0:29

1:36

0:40

0:36

0:31

0:34

0:32

0:50

The Passenger’s Experience and the Stations

11 sections · 9:35

0:30

0:36

0:24

2:04

0:50

0:43

0:35

0:43

1:29

0:58

Maintenance and Operation

9 sections · 7:57

1:08

0:38

0:41

0:34

0:49

0:30

1:10

0:55

1:32

Part 5

Economics, Governance and Law

4 chapters · 49 min

The Financial Foundation: Financing Without Usury

11 sections · 15:09

1:55

1:41

1:00

1:22

0:51

1:03

2:34

1:00

0:54

1:42

1:05

The Governance of the Consortium

7 sections · 7:53

0:33

1:51

1:18

1:40

0:47

0:42

1:03

Ownership, Profit and Justice

7 sections · 7:16

0:32

0:42

1:17

1:54

0:44

1:26

0:40

Costs and Prices

12 sections · 19:13

1:04

1:38

0:52

0:44

1:26

5:35

0:50

0:58

0:48

2:24

2:09

Part 6

The Education and Culture of Travel

6 chapters · 33 min

1:43

5:22

4:13

4:34

Services, Health and the Practical Rules of Travel

5 sections · 6:49

0:58

1:55

1:21

1:31

1:05

The Wisdom of Travel in Religious Teaching

7 sections · 10:32

1:05

1:59

1:18

1:26

1:19

1:10

2:14

Part 7

The Road Ahead

5 chapters · 56 min

The Century That Is Coming

9 sections · 12:52

1:07

1:44

1:32

1:41

1:57

1:01

0:58

1:34

1:19

From Dream to Reality: The Road Map

11 sections · 10:56

1:20

1:56

0:57

0:54

0:57

0:56

0:40

0:30

0:57

0:55

0:52

Questions and Challenges

3 sections · 15:49

7:36

7:26

0:47

The Network as a Model

7 sections · 7:17

1:03

1:01

1:17

0:53

0:44

0:52

1:28

The Invitation: A Word to the People of the World

9 sections · 9:24

0:37

1:16

0:57

0:46

0:25

0:45

0:56

1:37

2:05

After the journey

Closing pages

2 chapters · 12 min

11:17

0:39

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