Here's a piece of railway history. It's the end of an era as the Big Switch takes place at Sunbury North of Melbourne. From 1st February m, Sunbury metro services are now running via the new Metro Tunnel and bypassing the traditional Flinders St Station and City Loop. Give Schony747 Youtube & DVD if you enjoy railway content. #TheBigSwitch #MetroTunnel #comeng #sunbury | Schony747 Youtube & DVD

World’s first railway loop around a desert opens in NW China’s Xinjiang As the No. 5818 passenger train sounded its horn and left the station at 10:53 a.m. on Thursday, June 16, 2022, the Hotan-Ruoqiang #Railway was officially put into operation in northwest #China's #Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, forming the world's first railway loop circling a desert. The railway, which connects Hotan city in southwestern Xinjiang and Ruoqiang county in its southeast, provides passengers with an end-to-en