Finland - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services

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Introduction

This list is based on the timetable dated 1 June to 13 December 2008, unless otherwise shown. Standard abbreviations are explained in General Information.

Obscure services

Turku - Artukainen, Elysée Arena platform

(16B1) FI08/1

The first 4km of the Uusikaupunki line are used to reach this simple platform (which is actually on the beginning of the Pernon telakka branch) by special trains for events at the Elysée Arena.

Kerava - Lahti

(17A1-B1, not shown) FI08/2

This line, which opened for passenger traffic on 3 September 2006, is used by trains between Helsinki and Lahti not calling at Riihimaki.

Lahti – Salpausselkä

(17B1, not shown) FI08/3

A short branch from a triangular junction west of Lahti runs to this simple platform north of the main line from Helsinki, and is used by trains to special events at Lahti Urheilukeskus (a sports area). Trains run direct from Helsinki for the annual Lahti Ski Jumping Games, which take place each March - usually the first weekend. Trains to and from Helsinki are re-engined (because the branch is not electrified) and may reverse at Lahti station, rather than using the west curve.

According to notices pasted up at the platform, the following trains ran in 2006:


The allocation of train numbers is unclear as P 502 was used for both the return trains. It is possible that only one of the two pairs of trains runs on a particular day. The departure times from Salpausselkä are approximate as no times were given, and have been estimated from the arrival time at Riihimäki.

The line may also be used by other special trains, such as that to Ice Hockey Games in Salpausselkä on 15 November 2007.

Dordrecht: Stadt Polder — Baanhoekweg

(ERA 36C5) NL10/5

On the Saturday and Sunday of Dordt in Stoom, which functions in May every even numbered year, a shuttle service usually operates from Dordrecht Centraal over this short portion of the De Staart branch, to reach a model railway exhibition — look for "Stoomtrein" in the Dordt in Stoom programme.

Schiedam Centrum (Dhsa (DelfsHaven Schiebrug aansluiting) 171 points) — Rotterdam Noord (Dhsa 409 points)

(ERA 36B5, not shown) NL10/6

The line - to the west of and avoiding Rotterdam Centraal - has no regular passenger trains but is used by diverted IC trains between Den Haag and Utrecht whenever the direct line between Den Haag and Gouda is blocked for engineering work - visit the NS web site, then click link "Werk aan het spoor" for NS engineering work for the next two weeks.

Den Haag HS (Binckhorst aansluiting) - Voorburg

(ERA 34B1) NL10/7

The line - to the east of and avoiding Den Haag Centraal - has no regular passenger trains but is used by diverted IC trains between Rotterdam and Utrecht whenever the direct line between Rotterdam and Gouda is blocked for engineering work - visit the NS web site, then click link "Werk aan het spoor" for NS engineering work for the next two weeks.

Other sparse services

None.

Deletions since previous edition

NL10/3 Utrecht Lunetten (Lunetten sidings) — Utrecht Nederlands Spoorwegmuseum — Bilthoven (Blauwkapel Oost aansluiting): southern section no longer has passenger service; for northern section see NL10/4

See also