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Kilpisjärvi (Finnish: [ˈkilpisjærʋi]; Northern Sami: Gilbbesjávri [ˈkilːppesˌjaːvːriː]) is a village in the municipality of Enontekiö, Lapland, Finland.It is located in Finland's northwestern "arm" near the northwesternmost point of the country.
In 2019 the Norwegian Railway Directorate signed an agreement with Asplan Viak to study the development of a line from Fauske via Narvik to Tromsø. [2] The Fauske – Tromsø Line would be around 375 kilometres (233 mi) long, while the Bjerkvik – Harstad line would be just over 80 kilometres (50 mi) long.
At 250 km/h the tracks have a centre-to-centre distance of 4.5 m (15 ft) (while the first tracks in the 1980s were built with a distance of 4.7 m (15 ft)). The TGV track construction puts both rail tracks into a common concrete block, so they can disregard a safety margin for track displacement. This allows high-speed rail to have a centre-to ...
Tromsø, [b] officially the Tromsø Municipality, [c] is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø.Other notable settlements in the municipality include the villages of Bjerkaker, Ersfjordbotn, Jøvika, Kaldfjord, Kjosen, Kroken, Kvaløysletta, Lakselvbukt, Melvika, Movik, Oldervik, Sandneshamn, Sjursnes, Sommarøy, and Tromsdalen.
A power station was built at Kvarv. The line was planned to run through the 2,710 m-long (8,890 ft) Espenes Tunnel before reaching the next station at Kalvik, 47 km (29 mi) from Fauske. [4] The next station was to be at Sommerset, 52 km (32 mi) from Fauske, followed by a station at Lappstorvik and then reached Sørfjord. [5]
Proposals for a rail link between Lapland and northern Norway began serious consideration in 2017, [1] with the aim of linking the Finnish railway network to Arctic shipping routes. [2] In light of global warming making an ice-free Northeast Passage a possibility within the 21st century.
Until 1919, the county was formerly known as Tromsø amt.On 1 July 2006, the Northern Sami name for the county, Romsa, was granted official status along with Troms. [6]The county (and the city of Tromsø) is named after the island Tromsøya on which it is located (Old Norse Trums).
The nights shorten quickly. By 21 February the sun is above the horizon from 7:45 am to 4:10 pm, and by 1 April it is above the horizon from 5:50 am to 7:50 pm (daylight saving time). If we include astronomical twilight as "not night", then Tromso only has 14 hours of night on the winter solstice.