Lol, there is one track running over the border, it’s super easy for us to disrupt that.
As the other commenter said, being EU compatible is by far the largest reason.
That, and our far-right government trying to shift attention away from their failures, with not enough money in the coffers to justify it.
Oh and look what the same transport minister said just over a year ago about the Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel (about the only thing that would make a gauge change prudent):
On 8 February 2024, Finnish Minister of Transport and Communications Lulu Ranne told Estonian daily Postimees that the tunnel is “unrealistic” and not on the agenda of the government, with the project remaining on hold unless further funding is provided by the European Union.
Also changing axes at the border takes a bit of time but isn’t that complicated. trains have been operated between the Russian system and other countries in the former warsaw pact with that switch in track width for a long time.
Lol, there is one track running over the border, it’s super easy for us to disrupt that.
As the other commenter said, being EU compatible is by far the largest reason.
That, and our far-right government trying to shift attention away from their failures, with not enough money in the coffers to justify it.
Oh and look what the same transport minister said just over a year ago about the Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel (about the only thing that would make a gauge change prudent):
That was before their ratings went down.
Also changing axes at the border takes a bit of time but isn’t that complicated. trains have been operated between the Russian system and other countries in the former warsaw pact with that switch in track width for a long time.
Russia is really good at building military train tracks. They are totally capable of building another one right into your rail network