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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: 0.202s | source
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blueflow ◴[20 May 25 08:56 UTC] No.44039357[source]▶
Get a look on the track topology on openrailwaymap:

https://www.openrailwaymap.org/?style=gauge&lat=62.774837258...

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thrdbndndn ◴[20 May 25 09:08 UTC] No.44039440[source]▶
The legend on this site is a joke. It's almost impossible to see the colors under the numbers, as they're only a few pixels wide: https://i.imgur.com/k8k394D.png
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npteljes ◴[20 May 25 10:41 UTC] No.44039988[source]▶
Also barely any contrast between 1520mm and 1524mm, but I'm sure the trains would mind that distinction a lot.
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1. jcranmer ◴[20 May 25 14:53 UTC] No.44042323[source]▶
Gauge differences less than ~25mm are considered interoperable to some degree. At a 4mm gauge difference, that's basically less than the tolerance for even the most demanding high-speed track.