Entering the train in Helsinki’s Pasila, passengers would be whisked to Tallinn in less than an hour. In other words, Helsinki and the neighbouring capital of Estonia would be in the same commuting area. Moreover, it would take only five hours to travel to Berlin. No queuing at the airport, no sulphur emissions from ships, no weather worries. Tractors from a factory in Central Finland would be carried by train directly to fields in Poland, without transshipment. Naturally this is all on the condition that Rail Baltica, the rail link from Tallinn to Poland, would have been completed. Read More