Classic route
Rantarata Coastal Line
Helsinki → Turku · Finland
Rantarata Coastal Line in pictures
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- Distance
- 193 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 57 min
- Average speed
- 99 km/h
- Top speed
- 200 km/h
- Operator
- VR
- Train
- Sr3-hauled InterCity
- Countries
- Finland
- In service since
- 1903
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Finland’s two capitals on the 1903 Rantarata: “coast line” by name, though the track runs mostly inland through granite cuttings and forest. Pendolino Plus sets joined the double-deck ICs in late 2025.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 2134881 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of S 979
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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