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on of fast trains between Helsinki and St. Petersburg. On the Finnish side of the border, the aim is for tilting trains capable of running at speed of 2 kilo-meters an hour. The most important project in western Finland in the foreseeable future is to upgrade the track between Seinjoki and Oulu. Powerful impact of EU All EU Member States are required to establish national rail safety authority. Finlands rail safety authority will begin operating in fall 2. To date, RHK has been the rail safety authority in Finland. The new authority will be an independent agency, and oversee safety and interoperability. The aim is to enable cross-border traffic without the need to change driver, locomotive or train. Niemimuukko points out that the European Union impacts strongly on the rail sector. The issuance of supranational norms is very strong. Technical interoperability standards are strongly driving operations, and also impacting on systems suppliers. Finland has begun to put maintenance of the rail network out to tender. One of RHKs performance targets is to cut track The Finnish Rail Administration (RHK) is responsible for maintaining and developing the rail network, and for the safety of rail traffic. At the beginning of 2, the Finnish rail network comprised 5 7 kilometers of rail track. Ossi Niemimuukko Director General The Finnish Rail Administrationmaintenance costs. If we can achieve long-term cost savings through competition, competition is good thing. We have long been putting track construction out to tender. We intend to progress slowly, one area at time, when putting maintenance operations out to tender. GSM- provides added safety According to Director General Ossi Niemimuukko,there has been relatively steady stream of techno-logical advances in rail traffic. The various solutions we intend to deploy in bid to raise speeds, and to enhance the competitiveness of freight traffic all have one thing in common: tech-nology. Whilst many solutions are