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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: 0.203s | source
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radicalbyte ◴[20 May 25 08:42 UTC] No.44039248[source]▶
This is a strategic move: it makes it easier to move weapons within Europe and makes it much harder for Russia should they invade.

Ideally you would want to do this all over Europe.

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pjc50 ◴[20 May 25 08:54 UTC] No.44039341[source]▶
Most of Europe is already on the same track width. I'm not sure whether the loading gauge (allowed size of train to fit under bridges) etc. is also standardized; it wasn't for the UK, which is why we can't have nice things like double decker commuter trains.
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1. Reason077 ◴[20 May 25 14:24 UTC] No.44042023[source]▶
... however our new high-speed lines (HS1 and, eventually, HS2) are built to the largest European loading gauge (UIC GC).