History of rail transport in Finland information

The history of rail transport in Finland began on January 31, 1862, with the opening of the railway line between Helsinki and Hämeenlinna. By 1900 most...

itself is the responsibility of the Finnish Rail Administration, which is a part of the Finnish Transport Agency (Finnish: Väylävirasto, Swedish: Trafikledsverket)...

The transport system of Finland is well-developed. Factors affecting traffic include the sparse population and long distance between towns and cities...

Rail transport in Russia runs on one of the biggest railway networks in the world. Russian railways are the third longest by length and third by volume...

 Finland: see Rail transport in Finland  Iceland: see Rail transport in Iceland  Norway: see Rail transport in Norway  Republic of Ireland: see Rail transport...

The rail transport system in Estonia consists of about 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) of railway lines, of which 900 kilometres (560 mi) are currently in public...

Rail transport in Latvia is done on 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Russian gauge. The main railway company is the state-owned Latvijas dzelzceļš (LDz), with...

Rail transport in Sweden uses a network of 10,912 kilometres (6,780 mi), the 24th largest in the world. Construction of the first railway line in Sweden...

of Finland's road, rail, and waterway systems. The agency's annual budget is 2.1 billion euros. The parent organization is the Ministry of Transport and...

separate company. In 2017 Norway's Ministry of Transport and Communications decided to develop tenders for the operation of passenger rail services. On 4...

Rail transport in Lithuania consists of freight shipments and passenger services. The construction of the first railway line in Lithuania began in 1859...

income per hour). Trains portal Sweden portal History of Sweden Narrow gauge railways in Sweden Rail transport in Sweden Karl Arne Richter (editor), Europäische...

This list of countries by rail transport network size based on length of rail lines. For the purposes of this page, railway has been defined as a fixed...

Rail freight transport is the use of railways and trains to transport cargo as opposed to human passengers. A freight train, cargo train, or goods train...

launched in the city of Hamburg, Germany. History of rail transport History of rail transport in Great Britain Years in rail transport Timeline of United...

Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel...

This article lists events related to rail transport that are currently scheduled to occur in 2025. Please be aware that the actual dates on which these...

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Transport Networks (TEN-T). Rail Baltica will add the first large-scale mainline standard gauge railway in the area. Legacy rail networks in Finland,...

Helsinki light rail line 15 (Finnish: Pikaraitiotie 15, Swedish: Snabbspårväg 15) is a 25-kilometre (16 mi) light rail line connecting Keilaniemi in Espoo and...

to rail transport that occurred in 1917. January 3 - Ratho rail crash in Scotland: North British Railway H class locomotive 874 Dunedin, in charge of an...

ticket sales in 2017. Commuter rail is a backbone of public transport in Helsinki and is by far the lengthiest rapid transit system in Finland, carrying...

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1989. January 1 - Three railways in Norway are closed: Kragerøbanen, Numedalsbanen...

the state-owned broadcasting company Yle, in northern-central Helsinki. Rail transport started in Finland in 1862 between Helsinki and Hämeenlinna, and...

light rail metro lines. In late 1967, Reino Castrén departed Helsinki for Calcutta, where he had been invited as an expert in public transport. Prior...

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1869. January 9 – Government of India resolves not to create new guaranteed railway...

numbers of the Dm11 class were reused on Dm12 class units. Finnish Railway Museum Hanko–Hyvinkää railway History of rail transport in Finland Jokioinen...

events related to rail transport that occurred in 1873. January 21 – The New York, Boston and Montreal Railway is organized as a renaming of the New York,...

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1998. January 28 - Sofia Metro Line 1 entered into service. February 11- The Illinois...