Topic: European gauge

Normal vs wide gauge: not just the width, a different philosophy

The EU is currently assessing the possibility of extending the normal gauge of the European railway network to Ukraine and Moldova, as part of its effort to better integrate the countries in the European transport...Read more

23-11-2022|1 comment|author: Majorie van Leijen

European gauge in Estonia: a long, expensive, and complicated project

Switching to the European standard gauge would cost Estonia around 8,7 billion euros, said Estonian Railways CEO Kaido Zimmerman in a letter to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications. 7,5 billion euros would be...Read more

07-09-2022|Comment|author: Marco Raimondi

View over Leinelä railway station in Leinelä, Koivukylä, Vantaa, Finland. Source: Simo Räsänen/Wikimedia Commons

Will Finland adopt the European gauge?

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...Read more

10-08-2022|1 comment|author: Esther Geerts