European gauge proposal: unreasonable or strategic for Finland?
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Finland’s Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka has called the recent proposal by the European Commission on the European standard rail gauge “unreasonable”. The views of Finnish officials and experts vary, but specifically the point of making a migration plan for existing railways to convert to European gauge is not received very well.
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For Commission, however now to attend, is resiliency and robustness, thus sustainability, of a long life, track bound device.
Claiming green, now any investment, safely, as well has to prove low LCC, thus low risk!
Now, regrettably, neither of this is present, at EU railways.
No longer, current electrification is timely.
Neither is basics, the track – and rail…, now including Most Frequent Causes – of derailments…
Goal of EU, nearness within Market, call for a New Old Railway!
Like Spain, Finland could manage the actual infrastrucure as it is and built new sections intregrated in the European network using the EU standards.