In my country, Spain, as in Russia, a different gauge to the rest of Europe was chosen in order to make a possible military invasion more difficult, which proves that European construction was not the priority for those people who took the decisions on railway routes.
I mit land valgte man, som i Rusland, en sporvidde, der var anderledes end i resten af Europa, for at vanskeliggøre en mulig militærinvasion, hvilket beviser, at opbygningen af Europa ikke blev prioriteret af dem, der traf beslutningerne om jernbanenettet.