Foreword
The Finnish Rail Administration (RHK) publishes this Network Statement for the timetable period 2010. This is the seventh Network Statement prepared in Finland, in accordance with the Finnish Railway Act. The Network Statement describes the access conditions, the state-owned rail network, the allocation capacity, the services supplied to railway undertakings and the principles of determining the infrastructure charge. The Network Statement is published for applicants for capacity for each timetable period separately. The present Network Statement is intended for the timetable period 13.12.2009–11.12.2010.
The Network Statement 2010 has been prepared based on the previous Network Statement taking into account the feedback received from users and the Network Statements of other European Infrastructure Managers.
The structure of the Network Statement follows the common European structure and comprises the following chapters:
General
Access conditions
Rail network
Capacity allocation
Services supplied to railway undertakings
Infrastructure charge
During timetable period 2010 the Finnish Rail Administration, Finnish Road Administration and part of the Finnish Maritime Administration will probably be united to form the Transport Infrastructure Agency. The research and foundation work of the new office are not finished at the time of publishing the Network Statement, and the changes they cause, for example, to different practices cannot be anticipated. Updates will be published on this website.
Also the Finnish Rail Agency, Finnish Vehicle Administration, Finnish Civil Aviation Authority and part of the Finnish Maritime Administration will probably be united, and become the Transport Security and Safety Agency in timetable period 2010. The establishment of this new agency will also affect the regulations, instructions and links to information sites mentioned in the Network Statement 2010. These updates can also be found on this website.
In the Network Statement 2010 the names Finnish Rail Administration and Finnish Rail Agency are used, because the establishment, tasks or names of the new agencies have not been confirmed yet.
Within the Finnish Rail Administration, the Network Statement is the responsibility of the Traffic Management Unit. All the departments of the Finnish Rail Administration and several outside specialists have been involved in the preparation of the Network Statement.
Helsinki, 12 December 2008
Finnish Rail Administration
Traffic System Department, Traffic Management Unit
