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@zeenix@toot.cat Sigh, the minister (from the right-wing xenophobic and very car-friendly "Finns" party) says it was "bureaucracy" that prevented this from happening earlier. As if there wouldn't have been ample time to sort out agreements during the years while the line was being electrified. The electrification was ready around early 2025, if I recall correctly. No, it was just laziness from politicians, and unwillingness to spend money on actually running passenger trains on the line, in addition to the investment to electrify it (during the previous centre-left government). Also, it there had been a political will, it would have been perfectly possible to run passenger trains all the time, using diesel rolling stock. That was done until the late 1980s. But nah, "can't be done before the line is electrified", was the excuse.