Russia has proposed exploring a rail route that could provide access to the Indian Ocean and potentially connect Russia with India by land. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin told Russian state news agency TASS that Russia wants to work on a train route to India. How long could a Russia-India train journey take? But a real international train journey would take much longer. Russia wants alternative transport routes that can reduce dependence on vulnerable maritime chokepoints such as the Bosphorus and Strait of Hormuz.