Arctic railway not commercially viable, report says

The report means the project will now be put on hold.

By Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer February 11, 2019
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The Finnish-Norwegian working group exploring a potential Arctic rail corridor connecting Rovaniemi in Finland to the Arctic Ocean at Kirkenes, Norway says cargo volumes are too small to justify building the railway.

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