Arctic Railway
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| Electrification | 25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead lines |
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The Arctic Railway (also Arctic Ocean Railway) is a planned railway line linking the Norwegian Arctic port of Kirkenes with the Finnish railway network.
Background
Proposals for a rail link between
gauge chosen for the Arctic Railway and the final destination in Norway – only one or two breaks of gauge
. Thus problems with additional transit countries such as Iran (southern route) or Belarus/Ukraine (Central route) could be avoided.
Route options under consideration included starting at
Norwegian government.[7]
In early 2019, a Finnish-Norwegian
Controversies
Environmental and cultural sensitivities exist which affect these plans, with concerns from the indigenous
Finnish constitution legally prohibits the approval of the railway, since it "assures the Sami's right to maintain and develop their own culture", which she states includes "reindeer herding, fishing and hunting in the area".[8] In 2018, Greenpeace, Sámi youth organization Suoma Sámi Nuorat, and Sámi activist and arts group Suohpanterror staged protests to block the railway's path.[12]
See also
References
- ^ "Proposed Arctic Railway Would Cut Through Lapland Reindeer Habitat". Arctic Deeply. 3 August 2017.
- ^ "Finland-Norway rail link planned to fit Arctic sea routes". Reuters. 9 May 2019.
- ^ "Hinterlandanbindung der Seehäfen".
- ^ "Lapland authorities plan zones for controversial rail line". The Independent Barents Observer. 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Finland explores prospective railway link from Rovaniemi to the Arctic Ocean". YLE. 9 March 2018.
- ^ "Plans move forward for €2.9bn Arctic railway". Construction Index. 12 March 2018.
- ISBN 978-952-317-527-3– via Norwegian Rail Administration.
- ^ a b c d Nilsen, Thomas (March 5, 2020). "The dream of an Arctic railway fades as Sami herders signal "veto"". The Independent Barents Observer. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ Quinn, Eilís (September 22, 2019). "The Arctic railway: Building a future… or destroying a culture?". Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ "Environmentalists and Sámi politicians hit out at new Arctic railway proposal". News Now Finland. 12 May 2019. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- ^ Wall, Tom (23 February 2019). "The battle to save Lapland: "First, they took the religion. Now they want to build a railroad"". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ Lakkala, Aletta (8 September 2018). "Punaisiin pukeutuneet ihmisjoukot vetävät Ylä-Lappiin rajoja estääkseen Jäämeren radan tulon" [Crowds dressed in red draw borders in Upper Lapland to prevent the Arctic Ocean railway from entering]. Yle (in Finnish). Retrieved 2021-09-30.