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Finland announces migration of its rail network to international gauge

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461 points axelfontaine | 2 comments | 20 May 25 07:40 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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panick21_ ◴[20 May 25 08:50 UTC] No.44039306[source]▶
Doing this is a really nice opportunity for Finland. The should bundle it with many other upgrade. Doing general maintenance. Upgrade all the signaling (ETCS L2). Overhead electrify everything. Do minor speed upgrades. And so on.

If you are not doing all of this at once, this likely isn't worth it.

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1. IAmBroom ◴[20 May 25 13:03 UTC] No.44041121[source]▶
The signalling you are describing is more complex and possibly more expensive than switching rail. Source: I work in rail traffic engineering.

The idea is simple. Ensuring everything is smooth and safe = cost multiplier.

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2. panick21_ ◴[20 May 25 13:37 UTC] No.44041500[source]▶
They will have to do it anyway in the same timeframe.