《经济学人》双语：“世界的尽头”在哪里？

《经济学人》双语：“世界的尽头”在哪里？

原文标题：
The train in Spain
To the end of the earth
Spain’s high-speed network reaches far-off Galicia
西班牙的火车
直到世界的尽头
西班牙的高速铁路网络延伸到了遥远的加利西亚
Which was already doing rather well
已经做得相当不错了
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FOR CENTURIES the main way to Galicia, Spain’s north-western corner, was on foot, on the pilgrims’ trail to Santiago de Compostela.
几个世纪以来，前往西班牙西北角加利西亚的主要方式是徒步，这是朝圣者前往圣地亚哥德孔波斯特拉的路线。
Poor roads meant that, until a decade or two ago, the drive from Madrid took nine hours.
糟糕的路况意味着，十年或二十年前，从马德里开车过去仍需要9个小时。
Recent improvements have cut the trip to the closest Galician city, Ourense, to about five.
近来的改善已经将去往距离最近的加利西亚城市乌伦斯的行程，减少到5小时左右。

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Now the journey can be made in two hours and 15 minutes thanks to Galicia’s first connection with Spain’s enviable high-speed railway network.