the initiative does not go to far into details with this, but any acceleration of trans-european railway extensions is good in my book - you may want to read this

this is okay with the rules of this community, I hope? Still pretty new here, but I am not in any way connected to this initiative, I just stumbled upon it and liked it, and thought that others might be interested as well

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    That sounds like a great idea for most EU countries.

    For countries like Malta, Cyprus, Ireland and Finland, that might become very expensive.

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      well, one could opt for seamless rail-to-ferry interchanges for these specific cases

      in the case of Finland, a rail-on-ferry option could at least be considered, that country has a rail network of its own, after all

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        I’ve had a pleasant experience with rail-on-ferry when I traveled to Sicily. It probably wouldn’t work for Finland, however, as their train gauge is 1522mm rather than the common 1435mm.

        Rail-to-ferry should work, however. Stockholm has very pleasant ferries to Turku and some that take a little longer to Helsinki. Both should help connect Finland.

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    commenting to boost this, only 1 million signatures required and this is an incredible idea

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      @eggnog I’m boosting this from Friendica, so rest assured. Hope more people will see it.

      I don’t think it will make it too soon. Have you checked trains in South-Eastern Europe (specially Romania)? DB or SNCF seem like premium services compared to us. Trains are poorly maintained, bathrooms are a hit-or-miss (usually miss), there’s no level boarding, you have to put an effort to get in the carriages - even for wheelchair accessible trains there are usually a couple of railway workers literally raising the chair through the dedicated door.

      Not to mention trains here are low-speed trains - they run slower than they did in 1995.

      @paramaramboh