List of railway lines in Finland explained

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 private companies.

Passenger lines

Line 1: Helsinki–Turku (Rantarata/Kustbanan)

See main article: Rantarata.

Image	Station name	Opened	km
	Helsinki Central	1860	0+159
	Pasila	1862	3+230
	Leppävaara	1903	20+600
	Kirkkonummi	1903	37+503
	Karis	1873	87+56
	Salo	1898	143+981
	Kupittaa	1914	196+372
	Turku Central	1876	199+674
	Turku Harbour	1876	202+510

Line 3: Helsinki-Tampere	Line 4: Helsinki–Pori See main article: Helsinki–Riihimäki railway, Riihimäki–Tampere railway and Tampere–Pori railway.	Line 5: Helsinki–Vaasa
Line 7: Helsinki–Kemijärvi	Line 9: Turku–Pieksämäki Turku Harbour Turku Central Loimaa Humppila Toijala Tampere Orivesi Jyväskylä Hankasalmi Pieksämäki	Line 13: Helsinki–Oulu Helsinki Central Pasila Tikkurila Lahti Kouvola Mäntyharju Mikkeli Pieksämäki Suonenjoki Kuopio Iisalmi Kajaani Vaala Utajärvi Muhos Oulu
Line 14: Helsinki–Nurmes Helsinki Central Pasila Tikkurila Lahti Kouvola Lappeenranta Joutseno Imatra Simpele Kesälahti Kitee Joensuu Eno Uimaharju Vuonislahti Lieksa Kylänlahti Höljäkkä Kohtavaara Nurmes	Line 16: Savonlinna–Parikkala Savonlinna (current) Retretti

International line A: Helsinki–Moscow

• Helsinki Central
• Pasila
• Tikkurila
• Lahti
• Kouvola
  • Vyborg
• St Petersburg Finland terminal
• St Petersburg Ladozhsky terminal
• Tver
• Moscow Leningradsky terminal

Other lines

• Line 2: Karis–Hanko (Hanko–Hyvinkää railway)
• Line 3: Helsinki–Tampere
• Line 9: Turku–Tampere–Jyväskylä–Joensuu
• Line 11: Tampere–Haapamäki–Seinäjoki
• Line 12: Helsinki–Kotka
• Line 13: Helsinki–Kuopio–Oulu
• Line 18: Iisalmi–Ylivieska
• See also: Lapponia (train)

Future lines

• Arctic Railway
• Helsinki City Rail Loop
• Helsinki–Turku high-speed railway
• Itärata
• Lentorata

References

Literature

• Book: Network Statement 2012 . Finnish Transport Agency . 2010 . 1798-8284 . 978-952-255-603-5 . pdf .

External links

• Finnish Transport Agency, railways