>>1116671>Do you think the wide gauge gave them an advantage?In Finland we use the same gauge as Russia, so my answer is - I don't know.
I'd say our economy would be much more shittier than before if there wasn't the Russian gauge, since Russia is the biggest trading partner of Finland. In other hand, the broad gauge is annoying because in Northern Finland we can't drive trains to sweden.
I like the fact that because our broad gauge we have the most wide and ''spacious'' metro and trains in the world, but also it sucks ass that we can't just get rolling stock from other countries because our gauge. Maybe the tracks in Sweden are shit, but trains here seems to be much more ''stable'' and not wobbly too in straight railway sections.
>>1116708Oh, okay. But my point is, the rail system would be so much better if the trains could run between 160-200km/h, which is the standard speed for intercity trains in Europe.
Pic related the Allegro high-speed train that runs between Helsinki and St. Petersburg.
