Border geo-coordinates: 65.828162, 24.150629 [Open on OpenStreetMap, OpenRailwayMap]

Status: Operational

#CrossBorderRail assessment: Active line, no passenger service - visited by ๐Ÿšฒ

Date(s) visited during #CrossBorderRail project: 19/06/2022

Core Data

Track gauge: 1435 mm/1524 mm four-rail-track
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Max speed: km/h
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Number of tracks: 1
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Electrification: [SE]: 15 kV/16 2/3 Hz; [FI]: -
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Train control system: ETCS Level 2
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European Commission Political Assessment

Importance to border region: Medium

Importance to countries concerned: Low

Importance to TEN-T network: Low

TEN-T corridor: Core Network

European Commission Administrative Data

Infrastructure manager: Trafikverket [SE]; Ratahallintokeskus (RHK) [FI]

Language of operation: ?

Competent authorities for PSO passenger services: Lรคnsstyrelsen Norrbotten [SE]; Ministry of Transport and Communications [FI]

Railway undertaking(s): -; -

Ministry of transport: Minister for Infrastructure (Infrastrukturministern) [SE]; Ministry of Transport and

European Commission Historical Data

Inauguration: 1919

Closure: 1992 (P)

Passenger services: 0 / 0 / 0 / -

Length of cross border section: 1 km

Average speed of cross border section: 40 km/h

Daily passenger flow: -

Background

Photos from Haparanda ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช – Tornio ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ

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