Finland is set to get its first cross-border rail link with continental Europe this summer. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The long-delayed connection with Sweden could launch as early as June, authorities say. According to a European rail expert, the new route will create one of the longest journeys that can be taken by train within the EU. At the moment, travellers can only pass between the border towns of Tornio in Finland and Haparanda in Sweden – at the top of the Gulf of Bothnia – by bus or