Swedish police rule out sabotage angle in derailing accidents
No one with bad intentions were involved when the empty iron ore train heading back to Kiruna from Narvik derailed
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Last Europe-Russia rail link suspended in Finland
The last Allegro train from St. Petersburg for the foreseeable future rolled into Helsinki on Sunday evening at 7pm, carrying
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A Norwegian port offers a new transport route for Chinese shippers
The shipping container was in mid-July loaded on a train in the Chinese city of Hefei. Less than two weeks
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New Barents Sea port and 500 km railway link will connect Asia to Russian Arctic
Russia pushes for more of the global cargo flow to go north. A new year-round port near Indiga in the
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Arctic railway dream fades away as Sami herders signal ‘veto’
Sami politicians and reindeer herders across the Norwegian-Finnish border join efforts and make clear no Arctic railway from Kirkenes to
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No take off for flight-shaming in northern Norway, but northern Sweden sees fall in air passengers
With 2019 being the year when ‘Flight shame’ was introduced as a social movement aimed at boycotting air travel to
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Russia’s visa reform could make St. Petersburg trips easier and cheaper
Russia is planning to reform it’s tourist visa system, and introduce an online, free-of-charge visa for travel to certain areas,
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Coal exports help Murmansk railway beat cargo record
A total of 1,120 wagons were unloaded in one day. Most of it was coal. The 18th May was a
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Sweden plans construction of northern coast railway
First leg of the new railway along Sweden’s northern coast is included in the Transport Administration’s proposal for the national
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European Parliament member bikes 240 km in support of Arctic railway
A big majority of the EU Parliament Committee of Transport would support the projected railway line from northern Finland to
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Finland commissions study on new Arctic railway
It will look at possible economic benefits and be made in cooperation with Norwegian transport authorities, says Finnish Transport and
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Finland invites Norway to develop joint Arctic railway project
As Finland takes over the chair of Arctic Council, it addresses its Nordic neighbour over the grand development of a
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Norway positive to Finland’s Arctic railway plan
«If Finnish state authorities decide to initiate a feasibility study of a railway connection between Finland and Kirkenes, then the
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Former Gov. Murkowski to explore creation of Alaska-Canada rail link
Former Gov. Frank Murkowski is exploring the creation of a rail connection between Alaska and Canada, an unrealized priority left
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New Arctic railway is named Infrastructure Project of the Year in Russia
The projected connection between Bovanenkovo and Sabetta in Yamal is awarded prestigious prize. The Yamal Peninsula got top attention in
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