Classic route
InterCity 25
Helsinki → Oulu · Finland
InterCity 25 in pictures
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- Distance
- 690 km
- Fastest time
- 5 h 24 min
- Average speed
- 128 km/h
- Top speed
- 200 km/h
- Operator
- VR
- Train
- IC25 double-deck · Sm6 “Pendolino Plus”
- Countries
- Finland
- In service since
- 1995
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Finland’s Main Line north to the Gulf of Bothnia: the double-deck IC25 is now the fastest to Oulu, with ex-Russia Allegro sets running alongside as Pendolino Plus since late 2025.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 9022117 — 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 0.1 km from the shape of IC 23
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Read more on Wikipedia (in FI) ↗
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