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euronews_icons_loading By    •  Updated: 07/04/2021 - 14:50 Fans of slow travel might soon be able journey all the way from central Europe, through Sweden and Finland and ending up in Lapland. Despite sharing a 545-kilometre border, Sweden and Finland's railways are not connected. But with a train station in the Swedish border town of Haparanda having just been refurbished, they are a step closer to allowing for travel between the neighbouring countries. Eco travel in Scandinavia Last Thursday, for the first time in 29 years, a train pulled into Haparanda's refur...

Cross-border passenger trains between Finland and Sweden have moved a step closer. Last Thursday, the first train for 29 years pulled into a refurbished station at the Swedish border town of Haparanda. That follows the opening of a line from Haparanda and Luleå further inland. On the Finnish side, meanwhile, authorities financed a project to electrify a 20-kilometre stretch of track near Laurila, after receiving a €1.6 million grant from the European Union. Despite sharing a 545-kilometre border, the two Scandinavian neighbours lack a working connection between their national rail servi...

European rail guide predicts revival of train travel on continent Simon Calder © Provided by The Independent Even though coronavirus infection levels are rising in many European nations, the authors of a newly updated guide to rail travel say that train services are rapidly reviving – and adapting to the age of coronavirus. In the latest reprint of Europe by Rail: The Definitive Guide, Nicky Gardner and Susanne Kries report that overnight sleeper services, with the privacy and security of a separate compartment, now have a new competitive edge. “Attitudes towards person...

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Travellers to Sweden after midnight on Friday will need to show a negative coronavirus test at the border.