Hitler's madcap mega-railway would have linked Berlin with India
Published on April 3, 2026.
Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler's ambitious plan for a railway, linking Berlin with India, was revealed at the height of World War II. The project involved massive trains with a swimming pool and 196-seat cinema on board, and freight trains as long as cruise ships were planned. The trains were designed to reach speeds of up to 250 km/h and required multiple engines producing up to 36,600 horsepower. The national Reichsbahn railway company was involved in the planning, alongside established engineering companies like Krauss-Maffei, Borsig and Krupp. The railway was designed to connect Berlin with Moscow, Bucharest and Istanbul, and on to India and Vladivostok in Russia. Despite Nazi subjugation of countries along the rail routes, the express trains would carry 20-millimetre anti-aircraft guns for protection.
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