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I have often fantasized a rail system to my region, in this case, a tram-train.
>connects villages, towns and cities toghether
>would reduce the amount of cagers in highway 3 and county road 130
>would make a solid transportation solution in hämeenlinna; connects busy tiiriö shopping area, hockey arena, vocational schools, city centre, main station and different neighbourhoods together
>makes region more attractive and boosting growth
>on summertime it would help people get to the fairs in western riihimäki, to the various mega-conserts in kantola neighborhood, connect historical town of iittala (known for old chocolate and glass tradition), puuhamaa-waterpark and just get people various places = increases tourism
Of course NIMBY-rural party government would never accept this and keep throwing southeners tax payer money to the shitty dying north, where the people coming to Häme are from.
Also it would be just 27km of new infrastructure, 10km of it is tramway middle of a street and 17km would be mainly simple railway middle of forrests and fields.
Even though the green part on the map is main line, it's just hourly north-south intercity services with huge empty gaps where a frequent tramtrain would fit easily, especially when main line stops are separated so a bigger train can pass. On night it's just slow freighters going to Helsinki Harbor(s).
