Rail Traffic Operating Point Register

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Chart Columns:

• Name refers the official name of the station and is used in traffic safety work.
• Another name is the name of a traffic operating point in Finland’s second official language. Another name is usually a Swedish name and only in Sköldvik is the Finnish name Kilpilahti used as another name, contrary to what the present language situation in the municipality would imply.
• Km Hki describes the distance of a traffic operating point to the old station hall of Helsinki (already torn down), measured by a track kilometre system. According to the system, the location of all elements on tracks is fixed to landmarks.
• Municipality refers to the municipality in which the traffic operating point is located.
• Traffic control describes whether the traffic operating point has the technical equipment to control the train traffic manually or remote. It does not mean that traffic control services are regularly provided.
• Private sidings indicates that the traffic operating point has at least one connection to a e siding, owned or managed by a private owner (includes everyone except the Finnish Transport Agency).
• Shunting indicates that the form of the tracks at a traffic operating point is such that it is possible to move at least a locomotive to the other end of a line of rolling stock without having to go through the main line of the traffic operating point.
• Minimum and maximum platform length indicates the minimum and maximum length of platforms used by passenger trains at the traffic operating point. A passenger train should not be longer than the platform at which it stops. If the platform length is in brackets ( ), the platform is not maintained by the Finnish Transport Agency and services are operated at the responsibility of the railway undertaking.
• Platform height indicates the nominal height of platforms used by passenger trains, calculated from the surface of the rail.
• Design train length indicates the longest track of a traffic operating point, other than the main line going through it. The length is measured in such a way that it is usable in both directions.
• Power supply indicates at which traffic operating point it is possible to get 400 V or 1500 V electric current mainly for rolling stock or track machinery power supply purposes.
• Side loading platform indicates at which traffic operating point it is possible to load freight cars from the side, and shows the maximum platform length at the traffic operating point.
• End loading platform indicates at which traffic operating point it is possible load freight rolling stock from the end of the platform (combined transports).
• Loading site indicates at which traffic operating point it is possible to load freight rolling stock at rail level. A typical example is loading of raw timber from a vehicle or an intermediate depot at a rail yard onto flatcars.
• Crane indicates at which traffic operating point it is possible to use a crane to load wagons, and states the maximum capacity of the crane. This service is no provided by the Finnish Transport Agency.
• Fuel indicates at which traffic operating point there is a fuel distribution point. This service is not provided by the Finnish Transport Agency.
• The Passenger traffic column shows the operating points where passenger traffic can be operated.
• The Freight transport column shows the operating points where freight transport can be operated.
  

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