Kerava-Vuosaari
In Helsinki there are two historic freight harbours at
Länsisatama (west harbour) and Sompasaari (Sörnäinen
freight station. These are, in future, to be zoned for
housing and a new port to the east of Helsinki will be
built at Vuosaari. The new harbour needs extensive
road works and a new railway line which will be built
to Savio from where the line will follow the main line
to Kerava. The length of the new line will be 19 km of
which 14 km will be in tunnel. The deepest point of the
tunnel will be about 60 m underground. The railway will
cross a 200 m bridge in the vicinity of the natural
preservation area near the harbour.
The new railway line and harbour is expected to raise
rail's market share of port traffic from the present
10% to about 30%. The line will be electrified at
25 kV AC. The present harbour lines Helsinki-Länsisatama
and Pasila-Sörnäinen will be lifted.
The cost of line is 130 million euros.
Technical Details
Length: 19 km
Sources
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Today's Railways 4/2003, p. 47
See also
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