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Finland announces migration of its rail network to international gauge

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461 points axelfontaine | 4 comments | 20 May 25 07:40 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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cromulent ◴[20 May 25 08:43 UTC] No.44039257[source]▶
Note that the proposal for this came from the EU Commission over the last few years - the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). Initially Finland pushed back on it as being too expensive.

https://transport.ec.europa.eu/transport-themes/infrastructu...

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1. mytailorisrich ◴[20 May 25 09:26 UTC] No.44039552[source]▶
There is little benefit for the cost for Finland. Currently I believe that there are no railway between Finland and the rest of the EU, with the first one to Sweden under construction (and obviously a huge detour since the only land connection is through the North of the country).
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2. abbe98 ◴[20 May 25 09:55 UTC] No.44039722[source]▶
The connection between Finland and Sweden was built in 1919, however it was recently electrified(January 2025). It's dual gauge(four rails).
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3. mytailorisrich ◴[20 May 25 10:02 UTC] No.44039780[source]▶
Ok so it's passengers link that is under development. Doesn't change the big picture, though.
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4. abbe98 ◴[20 May 25 10:40 UTC] No.44039980{3}[source]▶
I don't think there are any ongoing projects, the current link can take passenger trains but there are no plans to do so at the moment.

https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torne%C3%A5%E2%80%93Haparanda-...