The Finnish Main Line (Finnish: Päärata; Swedish: Stambanan) is a 810-kilometre (500 mi) long electrified main railway line in Finland between the cities of Helsinki and Oulu. The Main Line was first opened on March 17, 1862; at that point, the 108-kilometre (67 mi) railway line only ran from Helsinki to Hämeenlinna.^[1][2]

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Finnish Main Line
The Main Line in Oulunkylä, Helsinki
Overview
Native name	Finnish: Päärata; Swedish: Stambanan
Owner	Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency
Line number	I, K, M, P, R, T, Z
Termini	Helsinki Oulu
Service
Route number	3, 7
History
Opened	17 March 1862 (1862-03-17)[lower-alpha 1]
Technical
Line length	810 km (500 mi)
Number of tracks	4 (Helsinki-Järvenpää) 2 (Järvenpää-Lielahti, Peräseinäjoki-Seinäjoki, Kokkola-Ylivieska) 1 (everywhere else)
Routemap Legend Helsinki Pasila Tikkurila to Lahti Riihimäki to Lahti Hämeenlinna to Turku Harbour Toijala Lempäälä to Jyväskylä Tampere to Pori Parkano to Jyväskylä Seinäjoki to Vaasa Lapua Kauhava Härmä (summer only) Pännäinen Kokkola Kannus Ylivieska to Iisalmi Oulainen Vihanti Ruukki Kempele to Kajaani Oulu Kemi Tervola Tornio-Itäinen Muurola Ylitornio Rovaniemi Pello Misi Kolari Kemijärvi This diagram: view talk edit

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The railway serves Helsinki, Riihimäki, Hämeenlinna, Tampere, Parkano, Seinäjoki, Kokkola, Ylivieska and Oulu. The future Suomirata project aims to improve the current Riihimäki–Tampere section by either building additional tracks alongside the existing main line or an entirely new straight line.^[3] The goal is to reduce the travel time from Tampere to Helsinki from the current 1 hour 33 minutes to about an hour.^[3]

• Helsinki–Riihimäki railway
• Riihimäki–Tampere railway
• Rail transport in Finland