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Finland announces migration of its rail network to international gauge

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461 points axelfontaine | 1 comments | 20 May 25 07:40 UTC | HN request time: 0.287s | source
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worldsayshi ◴[20 May 25 08:18 UTC] No.44039094[source]▶
I wonder if there will be measures for backwards compatibility in the transition period. Like having dual track widths.
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helsinkiandrew ◴[20 May 25 08:25 UTC] No.44039137[source]▶
There's only 89mm difference between the two widths - I'd guess that isn't enough room to have both on the same track.
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M95D ◴[20 May 25 08:42 UTC] No.44039254[source]▶
This is how it looks (Galati, Romania):

https://greatnews.ro/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/linia-ferata...

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HPsquared ◴[20 May 25 09:13 UTC] No.44039457[source]▶
I can only imagine what the switches look like.
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