Jyväskylä – Pieksämäki railway line

Jyväskylä – Pieksämäki

IC922 at Rauhalahti

Course book range :

9

Route length:

79.8 km

Gauge :

1524 mm ( Russian gauge )

Power system :

25 kV =

Top speed:

140 km / h

Legend

		by Orivesi
		by Haapamäki
	0.0	Jyväskylä
		to Haapajärvi
	3	Rauhalahti
	7.4	Vaajakoski
	11	Ruokosaari
	12	Leppälahti
		Pönttövuoren tunnel
	19th	Metsolahti
	22nd	Kelkkamäki
	24.8	Lievestuore (until Aug. 11, 2014 person stop)
	32	Kulmala
	33	Niemisjärvi
	40.7	Hankasalmi
	50	Sauvamäki
	55.7	Venetmäki
	63.3	Paltanen
	72.5	Naarajärvi
		from Kouvola
	79.8	Pieksämäki
		to Joensuu
		to Kuopio

The Jyväskylä – Pieksämäki railway connects Jyväskylä and Pieksämäki in Finland . It has the Russian track width of 1524 mm and a length of 79.8 km.

The line is single-lane and electrified throughout. The Finnish state owns the route. The route is operated by the state-owned railway company VR-Yhtymä .

history

In 1912 it was decided to start building the line. It was opened in 1918. In 1995 the line was electrified.

Eight trains run between Jyväskylä and Pieksämäki every day . With the exception of one, all of them hold Hankasalmi in the only one still served . There are seven connections in the opposite direction, two of which do not stop in Hankasalmi. Freight trains also run.

Individual evidence

↑ Sodan tarpeisiin syntynyt rata on kestänyt aikojen muutokset. Archived from the original on January 27, 2012 ; Retrieved July 5, 2019 (Finnish).
↑ TIMETABLE CENTER / COURSE BOOK LINKS. In: fahrplancenter.com. Accessed on July 5, 2019 (for Finland: Kaukoliikenteen aikataulut December 9 , 2018 to June 16 , 2019 , only download as PDF).

[1] Sodan tarpeisiin syntynyt rata on kestänyt aikojen muutokset. Archived from the original on January 27, 2012 ; Retrieved July 5, 2019 (Finnish).

[2] TIMETABLE CENTER / COURSE BOOK LINKS. In: fahrplancenter.com. Accessed on July 5, 2019 (for Finland: Kaukoliikenteen aikataulut December 9 , 2018 to June 16 , 2019 , only download as PDF).