Rail transport in Estonia Rail transport in Estonia The rail transport system in Estonia consists of about of railway lines, of which are currently in public use. The infrastructure of the railway network is mostly owned by the state and is regulated and surveyed by the Estonian Technical Surveillance Authority (). All public railways in Estonia are (Russian gauge), the same as in Russia, Belarus, Latvia, and Lithuania. The gauge used in Estonia is also compatible with Finland's gauge. Sometimes it is defined to be (see Rail gauge in Estonia), for example when buying track maintenance or vehicles from Finland. Railways in Estonia today
Finland–Norway relations conflict. Both countries are full members of the Nordic Union, Council of the Baltic Sea States, and of the Council of Europe. There are around 2,000 Norwegians living in Finland and around 6,332 Finns (15-60,000 including Kvens) living in Norway. Finland–Norway relations Finland–Norway relations are foreign relations between Finland and Norway. Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1917, after Finland's independence. Finland has an embassy in Oslo. Norway has an embassy in Helsinki. For some decades surrounding 1900, many in Norway feared the Finnish immigration and Kven people in Northern Norway, coining the term "the Finnish danger". For a period,