Full migration to standard gauge out of the question for Finland
Finland remains steadfast in its opposition. 2020, Helen Penjam / Wikimedia Commons
The costs of migrating the whole Finnish TEN-T rail network from 1,524 mm gauge to the European standard are far greater than the possible benefits, deeming such a shift unfeasible. A viable alternative would be the construction of a new standard gauge mainline from Helsinki to Tornio alongside the existing central axis. On top of that, another suggestion would be that some new railway lines are built directly with standard gauge in the future.
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From the narrow gauge to the standard??????
Finland has ‘Russian’ broad gauge 1520/1524 mm, as it used to be part of the Russian empire until 1917.
Standard in 1435mm. So standard is the narrower one ;-)