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Updated 30 June 2021 FTIA's publications 52eng/2020 RAILWAY NETWORK STATEMENT 2022 Updated 30 June 2021 Updated 30 June 2021 Railway Network Statement 2022 FTIA's publications 52eng/2020 Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency Helsinki 2020 Updated 30 June 2021 Photo on the cover: FTIA's photo archive Online publication pdf (www.vayla.fi) ISSN 2490-0745 ISBN 978-952-317-813-7 Väylävirasto PL 33 00521 HELSINKI Puhelin 0295 34 3000 Updated 30 June 2021 FTIA’s publications 52/2020 3 Railway Network Statement 2022 Version history Date Version Change 14 May 2021 Version for comments - 30 June 2021 Updated version Foreword and text, appendices 2E, 2F, 2G, 2L, 2M, 5F, 5G, 5J Updated 30 June 2021 FTIA’s publications 52/2020 4 Railway Network Statement 2022 Foreword In compliance with the Rail Transport Act (1302/2018 (in Finnish)) and in its capacity as the manager of the state-owned railway network, the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency is publishing the Network Statement of Finland’s state-owned railway network (hereafter the ‘Network Statement’) for the timetable period 2022. The Network Statement describes the state-owned railway network, access conditions, the infrastructure capacity allocation process, the services supplied to railway undertakings and their pricing as well as the principles for determining the infrastructure charge. The Network Statement is published for each timetable period for applicants requesting infrastructure capacity. This Network Statement covers the timetable period 12 December 2021 – 10 December 2022. The Network Statement 2022 has been prepared on the basis of the previous Network Statement taking into account the feedback received from users and the Network Statements of other European Infrastructure Managers. The Network Statement 2022 is published as a PDF publication. The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency updates the Network Statement as necessary and keeps capacity managers and known applicants for infrastructure capacity in the Finnish railway network up to date on the document. RINF data and the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency’s register information have been used to create a map service giving information about the characteristic features of the Finnish railway network. The Network Statement 2022 follows the general European structure for similar documents, which partially differs from the structure of previous Network Statements. The Network Statement comprises the following chapters: 1 General 2 Railway network 3 Access conditions 4 Capacity allocation 5 Services and charges 6 Use of the railway network 7 Service facilities The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency is responsible for preparing the Network Statement. A large number of experts working in different sectors of the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency and outside the agency have been involved in the drafting process. The road and rail traffic management functions and vessel traffic services were corporatised as a state-owned limited company on 1 January 2019. The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency purchases all traffic control services from the traffic control company Finntraffic Ltd. Helsinki, 11 December 2020 Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency Infrastructure Access and Information Services Updated 30 June 2021 FTIA’s publications 52/2020 5 Railway Network Statement 2022 Contents DEFINITIONS, SIGNALS AND ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................... 9 1 GENERAL........................................................................................................................... 13 1.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 13 1.2 Purpose of the Network Statement ........................................................................ 13 1.3 Legal framework ........................................................................................................... 13 1.3.1 Current legislation ............................................................................................. 13 1.3.2 Legal status ......................................................................................................... 14 1.3.3 Appeals procedure ............................................................................................ 14 1.4 Structure of the Network Statement ...................................................................... 15 1.5 Validity, updating and publication of the Network Statement ...................... 15 1.5.1 Validity ................................................................................................................... 15 1.5.2 Updates ................................................................................................................. 15 1.5.3 Publication ........................................................................................................... 16 1.6 Railway sector operators and contact information .......................................... 16 1.7 International cooperation between infrastructure managers ...................... 19 1.7.1 Rail freight corridors in Finland .................................................................... 19 1.7.2 RailNetEurope .................................................................................................... 20 1.7.3 Other international cooperation. ................................................................. 20 2 RAILWAY NETWORK ..................................................................................................... 21 2.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 21 2.2 Extent of the railway network .................................................................................. 21 2.2.1 Limits...................................................................................................................... 21 2.2.2 Connected railway networks ......................................................................... 21 2.3 Network description ................................................................................................... 22 2.3.1 Geographical description ............................................................................... 22 2.3.2 Track gauges ...................................................................................................... 22 2.3.3 Railway traffic operating points .................................................................. 22 2.3.4 Loading gauge and structure gauge ............................................................23 2.3.5 Weight limits .......................................................................................................23 2.3.6 Line gradients ......................................................................................................23 2.3.7 Line speeds ..........................................................................................................23 2.3.8 Maximum train lengths .................................................................................. 24 2.3.9 Power supply ...................................................................................................... 24 2.3.10 Signalling systems ............................................................................................ 25 2.3.11 Traffic control systems ................................................................................... 25 2.3.12 Communication systems ................................................................................. 27 2.3.13 Train control systems ..................................................................................... 28 2.4 Traffic restrictions ....................................................................................................... 28 2.4.1 Specialised infrastructure ............................................................................. 28 2.4.2 Environmental restrictions ............................................................................ 29 2.4.3 Dangerous goods .............................................................................................. 29 2.4.4 Tunnel restrictions ............................................................................................ 31 2.4.5 Bridge restrictions ............................................................................................. 31 2.4.6 Other restrictions............................................................................................... 31 2.5 Availability of the infrastructure .............................................................................32 2.6 Infrastructure development ...................................................................................... 33 Updated 30 June 2021 FTIA’s publications 52/2020 6 Railway Network Statement 2022 3 ACCESS CONDITIONS ................................................................................................... 36 3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 36 3.2 General access conditions ........................................................................................ 36 3.2.1 Conditions for operating rail services ........................................................ 36 3.2.2 Conditions for accessing railway infrastructure ..................................... 37 3.2.3 Licence ..................................................................................................................