Heritage route
Porvoo Museum Railway
Helsinki → Porvoo · Finland
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Summer museum trains out of Helsinki: a 1950s Dm7 “flat-hat” railbus leaves the main line at Kerava for the 1874 branch to Porvoo’s wooden old town.
How this line was checked
- The 30 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 1849328 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 87.9% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 17 m); the longest stretch away from it is 4 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Porvoon Museorautatie — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Porvoo Museum Railway?
The Porvoo Museum Railway runs 62 km from Helsinki to Porvoo.
How long does the Porvoo Museum Railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 45 min for the 62 km. That is an average of 35 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 95 km/h.
Who runs the Porvoo Museum Railway?
Porvoon Museorautatie, with Dm7 “Lättähattu” railcars.
How old is the Porvoo Museum Railway?
The line has been in service since 1874. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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