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Today we are again talking about an interesting railway project - but this time we would rather not add the "mega" attribute... Still, it more than deserves to be talked about!

Namely, if executed, it will be another example of amazing engineering achievement, not only in railways but in transport in general. It is about the Finnish-Norwegian initiative to connect the south of Finland with the Norwegian ports on the Arctic Ocean and establish the first railway between these two Scandinavian countries.

It is so special, well, because we are speaking about the Arctic circle! This railway is not a new idea, however, it was put on hold a few years ago... But, the war in Ukraine revived the idea again.

The so-called Arctic Railway is also connected in the south with two more projects that we talked about earlier on the channel - Rail Baltica and the Helsinki–Tallinn Tunnel.

The Arctic railway has the potential to literally be a game changer on a global scale, observed as part of the world transport system. The reason for this is that Arctic Railway, along with the Helsinki-Tunnel and Rail Baltica, could open a completely new, fast connection, from Central and Northern Europe to the ports in Asia via the Northern Sea Route - which, in light of climate change (melting ice in northern sea routes), becomes much more competitive transport option.
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