Border Crossings: Finland - Sweden
Note that there is a one hour time difference between Finland and Sweden.
Tornio/Torneå VR - Haparanda TRV
[E] Freight only 1524 mm gauge. A single 1435 mm gauge track previously extended to Tornio station but now ends 600m short of there. The two lines are interlaced across the border bridge. Electrification of the Laurila – Tornio – Haparanda line at 25 kV 50 Hz was completed on 27 January 2025. All transshipment has taken place at Haparanda since autumn 2012 because the crane at Tornio was no longer usable; the only standard gauge activity at Tornio was the occasional transfer of track machines, which were then re-gauged.
In recent years there has been talk of a possible two pair broad gauge train service across the border but in Autumn 2024 VR stated they can run only with financial support, which has not yet been provided. A study on extending the standard gauge to serve freight installations near Kemi, possibly later to Oulu, Kolari and Rovaniemi is under way to report by Summer 2025.
Turku/Åbo VR - Stockholm Värtan TRV
[D] Freight only. Train Ferry (Sea Wind Line). Opened 13 June 1989. Closed 31 December 2011. Equipment for bogie replacement in Turku.
