I thought of that, but then than would transfer the problem to the
Finnish-Swedish border, or the new Oresund link into Denmark. My guess is
they maintain Russian gauge to the Vyborg border, and use European gauge
everywhere else.
I remember how different the Russian trains looked!
Nat
BTW - some interesting links:
http://www.oresundskonsortiet.se
http://www.vyborg.ru/
http://www.vbg.ru/ (live cam)
http://www.livecam.ru/ (live cams)
> At 11:59 1/8/01 -0700, you wrote:
> >I took a rail trip from Helsinki to Moscow and 1985, and no
> train change at
> >the border. Maybe they had a special gauge line running on
> Finnish side of
> >the border.
>
> Another explanation is that, since Finland was ruled by Russia
> from 1809 to
> 1917, the train gauge in Finland and Russia are the same.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
