You can find on this page the Finland trains map to print and to download in PDF. The Finland railways map presents the rail network and shows high speed rails routes of Finland in Northern Europe.
The Finland rail map shows all the railway stations and lines of Finland trains. This train map of Finland will allow you to easily travel by train in showing the major rail routes and high speed rail routes of Finland in Northern Europe. The Finland rail map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.
The Finnish railway network consists of a total of 5,919 km of railways built with 1,524 mm (5 ft) Russian gauge track as you can see in Finland rail map. Passenger trains are operated by the private state-owned VR Group. They serve all the major cities and many rural areas, though railway connections are available to fewer places than bus connections. Most passenger train services originate or terminate at Helsinki Central railway station, and a large proportion of the passenger rail network radiates out of Helsinki. VR also operates freight services. Maintenance and construction of the railway network itself is the responsibility of the Finnish Rail Administration, which is a part of the Finnish Transport Agency (Finnish: Liikennevirasto). The network is divided in six areal centres, that manage the use and maintenance of the routes in co-operation. Cargo yards and large stations may have their own signalling systems.
The first rail line between Helsinki and Hämeenlinna was opened on January 31, 1862. As Finland was then the Grand Duchy of Finland; a region of Imperial Russia, railways were built to the broad Russian track gauge of 1,524 mm (5 ft) . An extension from Riihimäki to the new Finland Station in Saint Petersburg was opened in 1870 as its menioned in Finland rail map. However, the Finnish and Russian rail systems remained unconnected until 1912. Russian trains could not have used the Finnish rail network due to a narrower load gauge. Later the Finnish load gauge was widened to match the Russian load gauge, with hundreds of station platforms or tracks moved further away from each other. Further expansion occurred in the 1800s and by 1900 much of the network had been constructed with 3,300 km of track built. The Finland Railway Bridge across the River Neva in Saint Petersburg, opened in 1912, connected the Finnish State Railways to Russian Railways. Following Finnish independence, the Russian part of the line was handed over to Russian authorities.
The national railway company VR has a monopoly on passenger transport. In Helsinki local traffic, class Sm5 EMUs are owned by Pääkaupunkiseudun Junakalusto Oy, but are operated by VR. The new class Sm6 Allegro trains are owned and operated by Karelian Trains, a 50/50 joint venture of VR and Russian railway company RZD as its shown in Finland rail map. The trains are operated by VR personnel while on Finnish soil. While private rail operators can transport freight, most of the trains are run by VR. One private railway company exists in Finland, the Karhula–Sunila Railroad, a short branch line with freight traffic only, in Karhula, near Kotka. The branch line is not managed by the Finnish Transport Authority, but by the railway owner. While some private Finnish railways were electrified already at the end of the 19th century, work on the electrification of the main rail network started only in the late 1960s. Most main lines are now electrified. The system used is 25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead wiring, with wire height varying from 5.6 m (18 ft) to 6.5 m (21 ft).