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London road 1970s, the world longest road

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00:00London Road, 1970s, longest bus route in the world. The historic gateway from Europe to

00:10India, Kolkata via Baluchistan. The story of London Road, once considered the gateway

00:17to Baluchistan for European tourists, is revealed. This historic route has innumerable stories

00:26connecting India to Europe, where the Mughals and the British once set foot for defensive

00:33purposes and later became a familiar passage for travelers from Europe. Let us take a peek

00:41into the past and see how this road has become a tourist dream and adventure destination,

00:51even today the tea houses and hints along its banks are silent witnesses to the stories of

01:00the Bajan area. A unique bus route from London to Kolkata existed until 1970 as the longest bus

01:11route in the world. The bus service from London, England to Kolkata, India was considered to be

01:20the longest bus route in the world. The bus service, which started in 1957, was routed to

01:29India via Belgium, Germany, Austria, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, Baluchistan, Pakistan and

01:43northwestern India, Kolkata. This route is also known as the High Pyre Route. It took about 50

01:53days for the bus to reach Kolkata from London. The voyage was over 10,000 miles, about 16,000

02:08kilometers one way and 20,300 miles about 32,700 kilometers for the round trip. It was in service

02:24until 1976. The cost of the trip one way was £85 in 1957 equivalent to £2,589 in 2023 and £145

02:50in 1973 equivalent to £2,215 in 2023. This amount included food, travel and accommodation.

03:07This is from the photo journal and diaries of tourists. 74 years ago, a man and their two

03:17teenage daughters set out to drive from London to Bombay through Baluchistan. They covered more

03:25than 7,000 miles in less than seven weeks. A seven-hour double-decker bus through Quetta,

03:34Baluchistan, deserted towards Iran in 1985. Western tourists waiting for a bus on a road

03:44leading to Quetta had 1966. Near Quetta, Baluchistan, 1984, David William Jones, London,

04:005,878 kilometers will be linked Quetta by one belt, one road. Historical signboard

04:101960s near Roshki, tourist en route to Iran from Baluchistan, Pakistan,

04:181959, four mates, two New Zealanders and two Australians on the road from London to Singapore

04:29on 150cc Lambretts at Roshki, Baluchistan. A 70-year-old couple reached Baluchistan

04:42with a 102-year-old car from London. Lance Richard and his wife Beverly have entered

04:53Baluchistan, Pakistan via Iran. The 70-year-old couple will continue their journey from London

05:02to Melbourne in a 1922 model car. The Australian tourist couple travelling from Taftan to

05:11Baluchistan. A 102-year-old hand, 70-year-old couple will travel by road from London to

05:22Melbourne. The Australian couple will enter Laos, Pakistan via Baluchistan.