Finnish Main Line
The Main Line in Oulunkylä, Helsinki
Overview
Native nameFinnish: Päärata; Swedish: Stambanan
OwnerFinnish Transport Infrastructure Agency
Line numberI, K, M, P, R, T, Z
Termini
Service
Route number3, 7
History
Opened17 March 1862 (1862-03-17)[lower-alpha 1]
Technical
Line length810 km (500 mi)
Number of tracks4 (Helsinki-Järvenpää)

2 (Järvenpää-Lielahti, Peräseinäjoki-Seinäjoki, Kokkola-Ylivieska)

1 (everywhere else)
Routemap

Helsinki
Pasila
Tikkurila
to Lahti
Riihimäki
to Lahti
Hämeenlinna
to Turku Harbour
Toijala
Lempäälä
to Jyväskylä
Tampere
to Pori
Parkano
to Jyväskylä
Seinäjoki
to Vaasa
Lapua
Kauhava
Härmä (summer only)
Pännäinen
Kokkola
Kannus
Ylivieska
to Iisalmi
Oulainen
Vihanti
Ruukki
Kempele
to Kajaani
Oulu
Kemi
Tervola
Tornio-Itäinen
Muurola
Ylitornio
Rovaniemi
Pello
Misi
Kolari
Kemijärvi

The Finnish Main Line (Finnish: Päärata; Swedish: Stambanan) is a 810-kilometre (500 mi) long electrified main railway line in Finland between the cities of Helsinki and Oulu. The Main Line was first opened on March 17, 1862; at that point, the 108-kilometre (67 mi) railway line only ran from Helsinki to Hämeenlinna.[1][2]

The railway serves Helsinki, Riihimäki, Hämeenlinna, Tampere, Parkano, Seinäjoki, Kokkola, Ylivieska and Oulu. The future Suomirata project aims to improve the current Riihimäki–Tampere section by either building additional tracks alongside the existing main line or an entirely new straight line.[3] The goal is to reduce the travel time from Tampere to Helsinki from the current 1 hour 33 minutes to about an hour.[3]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ At the time between Helsinki and Hämeenlinna.

References

  1. ↑ Neil Kent: Helsinki: A Cultural History, p. 18. Interlink Books, 2014. ISBN 978-1566565448.
  2. ↑ "Tulihevonen saapui ensi kerran Hämeenlinnaan 150 vuotta sitten" [The "fire horse" arrived first time in Hämeenlinna 150 years ago]. Yle Häme (in Finnish). Yle. January 31, 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "What is Suomirata?". Suomirata. Retrieved March 17, 2022.

General references

  • "Ensimmäinen Juna Hämeenlinnaan" (in Finnish). Hämäläinen. January 31, 1862.
  • Lönnblad, Reino (1992). "Suomen ensimmäinen rautatiesilta" (in Finnish). Helsingin Pitäjä.
  • Uimonen, Jorma (1994). "Miksi Tikkurilan asemasta tuli niin komea? Helsingin–Hämeenlinnan radan asemien synty, osa 1" (in Finnish). Helsingin Pitäjä.
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