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Iceland has not ever developed a commercial railway network, therefore trains never had the opportunity to run on the island, except for two occasions: two industrial railways, the first one between 1913 and 1928 and the second one between 1999 and 2004. Both are dismantled as of today, and two locomotives from 1913 are kept as monuments in the capital Reykjavík.

Proposals are starting to come back for an high-speed line between Reykjavík and the airport at Keflavík, with construction starting in 2020. Another plan calls for the costruction of a tram system in Reykjavík.

But what if there was more demand for a rail system spanning the whole of Iceland? What would it look like? This is my "simulation": two major lines from the capital Reykjavík to the far reaches of the country, with a planned conjunction of the two. The railways run for the most part alongside the Route 1 road, nicknamed the "Ring Road" because it encompasses almost all of the island in a ring shape.

Apologies for any names that I may have got wrong, and all the logos rights go to their respective owners

(the Icelandic Railways logo is straight-up modified from the Icelandic Transport Authority logo, www.icetra.is/ )

Description

Iceland has not ever developed a commercial railway network, therefore trains never had the opportunity to run on the island, except for two occasions: two industrial railways, the first one between 1913 and 1928 and the second one between 1999 and 2004. Both are dismantled as of today, and two locomotives from 1913 are kept as monuments in the capital Reykjavík.

Proposals are starting to come back for an high-speed line between Reykjavík and the airport at Keflavík, with construction starting in 2020. Another plan calls for the costruction of a tram system in Reykjavík.

But what if there was more demand for a rail system spanning the whole of Iceland? What would it look like? This is my "simulation": two major lines from the capital Reykjavík to the far reaches of the country, with a planned conjunction of the two. The railways run for the most part alongside the Route 1 road, nicknamed the "Ring Road" because it encompasses almost all of the island in a ring shape.

Apologies for any names that I may have got wrong, and all the logos rights go to their respective owners

(the Icelandic Railways logo is straight-up modified from the Icelandic Transport Authority logo, www.icetra.is/ )