Luumäki – Buslovskaya railway line

Luumäki – Buslowskaya

Luumäki station

Route length:

34.3 km

Gauge :

1524 mm ( Russian gauge )

Power system :

25 kV / 50 Hz ~

Top speed:

120 km / h

Legend

		from Kouvola
	0.0	Luumäki
		to Joensuu
	12.0	Pulsa
		Tani
	19.5	Raippo
		to Lappeenranta
	22.7	Simola
		Rikkila
	31.2	Vainikkala tavara
	32.3	Vainikkala
	34.4	Finland / Russia
	35, ~	Buslowskaya (Бусловская)
		to Vyborg (Выборг)

The railway line Luumäki - Buslowskaja ( Finnish Vainikkalan rata ) is a railway line in Finland and Russia . It has the Russian track width of 1524 mm, a length of 34.3 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 Lahti - Luumäki - Vainikkala line was opened.

The Allegro passenger trains between Helsinki and St. Petersburg run several times a day on this route, with stops only at the Finnish border station Vainikkala . In 2008, 18.7 million tons of goods were transported over the route.