Transportation is well-handled in Finland. It includes high quality ExpressBus routes, fast Pendolino trains and also some air traffic between biggest cities.

Traffic companies

• Airlines
  • Air Finland
  • Finnair
  • Flying Finn
• Bus companies
  • Connex
  • ExpressBus
  • Helsingin kaupungin liikennelaitos (HKL)
  • Länsilinjat
  • Paunu
  • Pohjolan Liikenne
  • Savonlinja
• Railway companies
  • VR (Finnish State Railways -- VR Oy)
• Ship companies
  • Eckerö Line
  • Eckerö Linjen
  • Finnlines
  • Nordic Jet Line
  • RG Line
  • Seawind Line
  • Silja Line
  • Viking Line
  • Ålandstrafiken

General information

Railways

total: 5,865 km
broad gauge: 5,865 km 1.524-m gauge (2,192 km electrified; 480 km double- or multiple-track) (1998)

City with underground railway system: Helsinki (Metro)

Railway links with adjacent countries

• Russia - yes
• Sweden - yes break-of-gauge 1524mm/1435mm

Highways

total: 77,895 km
paved: 49,853 km (including 473 km of expressways)
unpaved: 28,042 km (1998 est.)

Waterways

6,675 km total (including Saimaa Canal); 3,700 km suitable for steamers

Pipelines

natural gas 580 km

Ports and harbors

Hamina, Helsinki, Kokkola, Kotka, Loviisa, Oulu, Pori, Rauma, Turku, Uusikaupunki, Varkaus

Merchant marine

total: 101 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,185,966 GRT/1,153,089 DWT
ships by type: bulk 9, cargo 23, chemical tanker 6, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 11, rail car carrier 1, roll-on/roll-off 38, short-sea passenger 12 (1999 est.)

Airports

157 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 69
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 26
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 20
under 914 m: 10 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 88
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 82 (1999 est.)

See also

• Finland