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This is a list of railway lines on the Finnish rail network, including lists of stations on the most important lines. The lines and the stations are owned by the Finnish Transport Agency. VR Group has a monopoly on passenger transport. As of 2011, it is the only operator of freight trains as well even though freight transport is open for ...
The local train at the first rail line in 1898. The first rail line between Helsinki and Hämeenlinna (today part of the Finnish Main Line) was opened on January 31, 1862.As Finland was then the Grand Duchy of Finland, an autonomous state that was ruled by the Imperial Russia, railways were built to the broad 1,524 mm (5 ft), that was used also in Imperial Russia back then.
The Martinlaakso Line, opened four years later, was the first rail branch in Finland meant exclusively for commuter trains and has been a backbone for urbanization of the city of Vantaa. The Kerava Urban Line [ fi ] was initially an additional third track for commuter services running on the newly electrified Main Line, first being built up to ...
The Finnish Main Line (Finnish: Päärata; Swedish: Stambanan) is a 810-kilometre (500 mi) long electrified group of railway lines in Finland between the cities of Helsinki and Oulu. The first segment, a 108-kilometre (67 mi) line from Helsinki to Hämeenlinna , was opened on March 17, 1862.
VR-Group Plc (Finnish: VR-Yhtymä Oyj, Swedish: VR-Group Abp), [2] commonly known as VR, is a government-owned railway company in Finland.VR's most important function is the operation of Finland's passenger rail services with 250 long-distance and 800 commuter rail services every day. [3]
In 2018, a study was commissioned into the construction of a new 106 km (66 mi) rail line from Helsinki to Kouvola via Kerava and Porvoo, reducing the Helsinki to Kouvola travel time from 1 hour 18 minutes to 53 minutes. [20] This new line would use the proposed Lentorata route between Helsinki and Kerava. With a 220 km/h (140 mph) line speed ...
Known during construction as Jokeri light rail (Finnish: Raide-Jokeri, Swedish: Spårjokern), construction was started in June 2019 [4] and the line began operating in October 2023, [5] about 10 months ahead of the original schedule. [6] The line replaced the trunk bus line 550, the busiest bus service on the Helsinki Regional Transport ...
Haapamäki–Seinäjoki railway; Hanko–Hyvinkää railway; Helsinki City Rail Loop; Helsinki–Riihimäki railway; Helsinki–Turku high-speed railway; High-speed rail in Finland; Hyrynsalmi-Kuusamo Line