Lahti – Kouvola railway line

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Lahti – Kouvola
Lahti train station
Lahti train station
Route length: 61.4 km
Gauge : 1524 mm ( Russian gauge )
Power system : 25 kV / 50 Hz  ~
Top speed: 140 km / h
Legend
Route - straight ahead
 from Helsinki
Station, station
 0.0 Lahti
   
 after Heinola
   
 after Loviisa
   
 5.4 Kolava
Stop, stop
 Viilähde
Stop, stop
 15.7 Nastola
Stop, stop
 20.6 Uusikylä
   
 30.0 Mankala
Station, station
 39.3 Causala
   
 54.6 Nappa
Station, station
 55.3 Koria
Bridge over watercourse (medium)
 56.6 Kymijoki
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according to Kuusankoski
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to Pieksämäki
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61.4 Kouvola
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62.4 Kouvola lajittelu
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63.9 Kouvola tavara
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to Kotka
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Route - straight ahead
 to Luumäki

The railway line Lahti – Kouvola ( Finnish Lahti – Kouvola-rata ) is a railway line in Finland . It has the Russian track width of 1524 mm, a length of 61.4 km and is electrified. The route is owned by the Finnish state and operated by VR-Yhtymä .

history

On September 11, 1870, the 155 km long line Lahti - Kouvola (- Luumäki - Vainikkala ) was opened.

In 2008, 20.6 million tons of goods were transported over the route.

gallery

  • Lahti train station

  • Route near Villähde

  • Nastola train station

  • Kausala train station

Web links

Commons : Lahti – Kouvola railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ PDF document of the Liikennehallinto (page 19)
  2. ↑ Finnish Railway Statistics 2009 (page 9; PDF; 803 kB)
  3. ↑ Finnish Railway Statistics 2009 (page 28; PDF; 803 kB)