Not enough people outside the capital to make it worth it. They have had rail systems built but were later decommissioned. One was built for the building if a harbor but after construction it didn’t get much use.
Iceland is very small. It takes about 25 hours to drive around the entire circumference of the country. That, coupled with there being a very small population in general, any train would be empty most of its running hours.
Reykjavik, Iceland biggest city, is super easy to walk. The entire thing. It takes almost no time. You don’t need a train if you can get everywhere by foot.
We rented a car while there and experienced zero traffic.
Also sections of the country routinely get closed off because the ground is exploding with molten rock, it’s much easier to reroute road traffic and maintain infrastructure especially in such complex topography.
no train ?
Not enough people outside the capital to make it worth it. They have had rail systems built but were later decommissioned. One was built for the building if a harbor but after construction it didn’t get much use.
There’s like 370k people in all of Iceland.
Why don’t they all live on a train? Are they stupid?
A train barreling through a snowy wasteland? I’ve seen a documentary about this
They should all just live on a train that goes round the island on circles and people get off when they need to
Iceland is very small. It takes about 25 hours to drive around the entire circumference of the country. That, coupled with there being a very small population in general, any train would be empty most of its running hours.
Reykjavik, Iceland biggest city, is super easy to walk. The entire thing. It takes almost no time. You don’t need a train if you can get everywhere by foot.
We rented a car while there and experienced zero traffic.
Also sections of the country routinely get closed off because the ground is exploding with molten rock, it’s much easier to reroute road traffic and maintain infrastructure especially in such complex topography.