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Apr 28 2021

Finland and Estonia signed MoU including Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel

Finland and Estonia signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 26 April 2021 on cooperation between the two countries in the transport sector. This will promote large-scale projects such as the Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel, Rail Baltica, Trans-European Transport Networks, and the North Sea–Baltic Sea core network corridor.

Finland’s Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka and Estonia’s Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Taavi Aas signed the MoU on Monday this week. The purpose of the MoU is to cooperate in the transport sector and exchange of information between the countries regarding several large railway projects. The MoU provides an improved environment for applying EU funding for the projects. However, the two countries are not bound by the MoU to any individual projects.

 

“Final stop Rail Baltica should be Helsinki’

The Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Taavi Aas is glad that Finland and Estonia have agreed upon a common ground for the Tallinn-Helsinki tunnel project and Rail Baltica. “The final stop of Rail Baltica should not be Tallinn but Helsinki. Integrating the tunnel to TEN-T will serve as a new freight gateway to Europe and make our capitals a twin-city”, said Aas.

 

The MoU states that the Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel is a unique project of the future that would require innovative actions and diversified sources of funding. Together with Rail Baltica, it would provide a quick access to Central Europe. The use of the tunnel is foreseen for both passenger and freight transport. Read more

 

Source: RAILFREIGHT.COM