Key facts
- About 100 politicians, business leaders and academics joined the 18-day journey, according to The Nikkei.
- The trip was organized as the inaugural "Tracks to the Future" conference, the report said.
- Vienna entrepreneur Jovanka Porsche led the trip and hoped it would lead to Davos-style meetings on the Silk Road, per the report.
An 18-day luxury train journey that began in Duisburg, Germany, was scheduled to end at China's Silk Road hub of Xi'an on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, after crossing Europe to Central Asia via Turkey, according to a report by The Nikkei dated November 3, 2026.