User:JIP/Railway lines in Finland
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Cities in Finland with more than 500 thousand inhabitants:
Cities with more than 100 thousand inhabitants:
Cities with more than 50 thousand inhabitants:
Stations that are important because they act as a branch between two parallel routes from one major city to two other major cities:
- Seinäjoki (from Tampere to Oulu and Vaasa)
- Pieksämäki (from Jyväskylä to Kuopio and Joensuu)
- Kouvola (from Lahti to Saint Petersburg, Pieksämäki, and Kotka)
Important railway lines:
- Helsinki - Tampere
- Helsinki - Turku
- Helsinki - Lahti (note: two parallel lines: directly or via Riihimäki)
- Tampere - Jyväskylä (note: two parallel lines: directly or via Haapamäki)
- Tampere - Seinäjoki (note: two parallel lines: directly or via Haapamäki)
- Tampere - Pori
- Turku - Tampere
- Seinäjoki - Oulu
- Seinäjoki - Vaasa
- Oulu - Rovaniemi
- Jyväskylä - Pieksämäki
- Pieksämäki - Kuopio
- Pieksämäki - Joensuu
- Kuopio - Oulu
- Joensuu - Oulu
- Lahti - Kouvola
- Kouvola - Saint Petersburg
- Kouvola - Pieksämäki
- Kouvola - Kotka
Minor railway lines branching off the important lines:
The directions are understood as follows:
- In latitude, start from south and go towards north
- In longitude, start from the centre and go either towards west or towards east