Tornio–Haparanda railway
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The Tornio–Haparanda railway is a 4-kilometre railway line between Tornio, Finland and Haparanda, Sweden. The dual-gauge line opened in 1919 and is the only fixed connection between the Finnish 1,524
VR Group class Sr3 locomotive pulling a passenger train to Haparanda
Haparanda Line
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The Haparanda Line is a 165-kilometer long railway line between Boden and Haparanda in Sweden. From Haparanda, a 3-kilometer rail line continues to Torneå on the Finnish side of the Finland–Sweden bor
Tornio–Haparanda railway
…which was a part of the Russian Empire, prioritised a rail connection to Sweden as an alternative to the enemy German-controlled Baltic Sea. Since the Haparanda Line in Sweden then only reached as far as Karungi, in 1914 work began to extend the railway up to Karunki on the Finnish side and traffic commenced in…
New Haparanda Line at Kalix.
Haparanda railway station