Classic route
Iisalmi–Kontiomäki railway
Kontiomäki → Iisalmi · Finland
Iisalmi–Kontiomäki railway in pictures
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- Distance
- 106 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 1 h 18 min
- Average speed
- 82 km/h
- Top speed
- 140 km/h
- Operator
- VR
- Train
- InterCity
- Countries
- Finland
- In service since
- 1904
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Opened in 1904 through the forests of Kainuu, the northern half of the Savonia route from Iisalmi up to the five-way junction at Kontiomäki.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 444233 — 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 3 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of IC 66
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Read more on Wikipedia (in FI) ↗
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