'헬싱키~탈리안 해저터널 연결 'FinEst Link 프로젝트' 본격 추진 Finland and Estonia agree to examine undersea rail tunnel link
North Sea–Baltic Corridor, 3200 km와 연결
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North Sea–Baltic Corridor, FinEst Link
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핀란드와 에스토니아 양국정부는 지난 1월 5일 핀란드 수도 헬싱키와 에스토니아 수도 탈리안을 해저터널로 연결하는 프로젝트를 추진중이라고 공식적으로 발표했다.
FinEst Link(핀란드-에스토니아링크)로 불리우는 이번 프로젝트는 유럽연합이 추진중인 동유럽국가와 북서유럽을 잇는 주요노선(North Sea–Baltic Corridor, 3200 km )과 연결 되며 해저터널로 연결시 헬싱키는 동유럽 주요 도시와 독일 베를린을 거쳐 네덜란드와 벨기에까지 직접 철도로 연결 된다.
헬싱키시는 “에스토니아와 연결되는 새로운 노선은 이미 두나라에 형성된 노동시장에 긍정적 효과를 가져올것으로 보고있으며 헬싱키시와 탈린시의 경제 영역을 크게 넓힐것”이라고 기대감을 내비쳤다.
2015년 이미 헬싱키시와 탈린시의 주도로 예비타당성조사가 시행되었으며, 이 보고서에는 해저터널 경제성에 대해 긍정적으로 평가했다.
헬싱키시는 “에스토니아와 연결되는 새로운 노선은 이미 두나라에 형성된 노동시장에 긍정적 효과를 가져올것으로 보고있으며 헬싱키시와 탈린시의 경제 영역을 크게 넓힐것”이라고 기대감을 내비쳤다.
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Finland and Estonia agree to examine undersea rail tunnel link
Image: Executives from both the countries at the signing of a memorandum of
understanding (MoU). Photo: courtesy of City of Helsinki.
Finland and Estonia have agreed to explore the possibility to build an undersea railway tunnel connecting Helsinki and Tallinn.
The proposed tunnel will strengthen cooperation in the development of mobility and transport between the regions.
Government officials from both countries have also signed a memorandum of understanding committed to further investigating the project such as economic preconditions for the construction and operation of such a tunnel, as well as its socioeconomic impact.
Expected to cost about €13bn, the railway tunnel would create better transport links for the many Estonians who already commute into Helsinki, according to BBC.
It currently takes around 90min to travel between the cities by fast ferry and the new railway link would reduce travel times to about 30min.
Helsinki officials noted in a statement that: "Helsinki and Tallinn together form an economic area of approximately 1.5 million people. To fully utilise the area's potential, transport between the cities should be faster and flow easier than at present."
The FinEst Link project will form a part of the North Sea-Baltic Corridor, which is one of the EU's TEN-T Core Network Corridors.
FinEst Link would also connect Helsinki to Rail Baltica, a new standard-gauge line that links Tallinn, Riga, Kaunas, Warsaw and Berlin.
According to a pre-feasibility study published last year by the cities of Helsinki and Tallinn, the Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council and the Harju County government suggested that the tunnel's construction would be economically viable.
The fast Rail Baltica railway connection from Tallinn to Poland is expected to be completed in 2025, following which the journey time by rail from Tallinn to Warsaw will be 4h and 15min.
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