Works for the Development of the Railway Connection Between Helsinki Airport and the PP12 Lines
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TEN-T Multi-Annual Programme Works for the development of the railway Member States involved: connection between Helsinki airport and the Finland PP12 lines Implementation schedule 2007-FI-12050-P Start date: January 2009 End date: December 2015 Part of Priority Project 12 Budget: National budget: €212,796,725 Regional budget: €97,855,428 Total project cost covered by this Decision: €355,200,000 EU contribution: €44,547,847 Percentage of EU support: Works: 5% (between 2009-2011) 20% (between 2012-2015) Additional information: Coordinator’s Report of the Priority Project: http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes /infrastructure/ten-t-policy/priority- projects/european- coordinators_en.htm European Commission, DG MOVE http://ec.europa.eu/transport/ This project connects the Helsinki/Vantaa international airport to the Nordic index_en.html Triangle railway/road axis (Priority Project 12), which links the capitals of Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark to each other and onwards to central Innovation and Networks Executive Europe and Russia. Agency (INEA) http://inea.ec.europa.eu Helsinki/Vantaa Airport is the major international and domestic airport in Finland and one of the main hubs of European connections to China and Japan. The Beneficiaries: Airport Railway Line connecting the airport with the city centre of Helsinki is a Republic of Finland 17.5 km long double track passenger traffic section including 7.5 km of tunnel www.government.fi equipped with an ATC (Automatic Train Control) system. The planned operational speed of the trains is 120 km/h. City of Vantaa www.vantaa.fi Four stations (Kivistö, Aviapolis, Airport terminal, and Leinelä) will be initially constructed, with four additional stations possible. The first phase of creation of Implementing body: the Tikkurila travel centre, located where the new line connects to main railway City of Vantaa network, is also part of the project. www.vantaa.fi State of progress on 31 December 2014: All activities of the Action are in progress. Works at Leinela and Aviapolis stations have been completed, while the other stations and some station areas are under construction. As regards the construction of the line, the substructure works have been completed, track construction and installation works are under way. Update: May 2014 .