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Updated 18 June 2021 Publications of the FTIA 46eng/2019 RAILWAY NETWORK STATEMENT 2021 Updated 18 June 2021 Updated 18 June 2021 Railway Network Statement 2021 FTIA's publications 46eng/2019 Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency Helsinki 2019 Updated 18 June 2021 Photo on the cover: FTIA's photo archive Online publication pdf (www.vayla.fi) ISSN 2490-0745 ISBN 978-952-317-744-4 Väylävirasto PL 33 00521 HELSINKI Puhelin 0295 34 3000 Updated 18 June 2021 FTIA’s publications 46/2019 3 Railway Network Statement 2021 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 2021. 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 13 December 2020 – 11 December 2021. The Network Statement 2021 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 2021 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 2021 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 Access conditions 3 Railway network 4 Capacity allocation 5 Services 6 Payments. 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, 13 December 2019 Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency Infrastructure Access and Information Services Updated 18 June 2021 FTIA’s publications 46/2019 4 Railway Network Statement 2021 Contents DEFINITIONS, SIGNALS AND ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................... 8 1 GENERAL........................................................................................................................... 12 1.2 Purpose ............................................................................................................................ 12 1.3 Legal framework ........................................................................................................... 12 1.4 Legal relevance .............................................................................................................. 13 1.4.1 General .................................................................................................................. 13 1.4.2 Binding nature ..................................................................................................... 13 1.4.3 Appeals procedure ............................................................................................ 13 1.5 Structure of the Network Statement ...................................................................... 14 1.6 Validity and updating of the network statement ............................................... 14 1.6.1 Validity ................................................................................................................... 14 1.6.2 Updates ................................................................................................................. 14 1.7 Publication ....................................................................................................................... 15 1.8 Railway sector operators and contact information .......................................... 15 1.9 Rail freight corridors in Finland ................................................................................ 18 1.10 International cooperation between infrastructure managers ...................... 18 1.10.1 One Stop Shop (OSS) ......................................................................................... 19 1.10.2 The RNE’s Information technology tools ................................................... 19 2 ACCESS CONDITIONS ................................................................................................... 20 2.2 General access conditions ........................................................................................ 20 2.2.1 General requirements for operating railway traffic ............................. 20 2.2.2 Conditions for accessing railway infrastructure ..................................... 21 2.2.3 Licence ................................................................................................................... 21 2.2.4 Safety certificate ............................................................................................... 22 2.2.5 Obligation to have insurance cover ............................................................ 22 2.3 Network access agreements ....................................................................................23 2.3.1 Framework agreement ................................................................................... 24 2.4 Operational regulations and guidelines ................................................................ 25 2.5 Exceptional transports ............................................................................................... 25 2.6 Carriage of dangerous goods .................................................................................... 25 2.7 Rolling stock .................................................................................................................. 26 2.8 Tasks with a significant impact on railway safety ........................................... 26 3 RAILWAY NETWORK .................................................................................................... 28 3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 28 3.2 Extent of the railway network ................................................................................. 28 3.2.1 Limits..................................................................................................................... 28 3.2.2 Connected railway networks ........................................................................ 28 3.3 Network description ................................................................................................... 29 3.3.1 Geographical description ............................................................................... 29 3.3.2 Characteristics of the rail network ............................................................. 30 3.3.3 Traffic control and communication systems ........................................... 31 3.4 Traffic restrictions ........................................................................................................ 35 3.4.1 Specialised infrastructure .............................................................................. 35 3.4.2 Restrictions due to environmental protection ......................................... 35 3.4.3 Dangerous goods .............................................................................................. 36 3.4.4 Tunnel restrictions ............................................................................................ 37 3.4.5 Bridge restrictions ............................................................................................ 38 3.4.6 Other restrictions.............................................................................................. 38 3.5 Availability of the infrastructure ............................................................................ 38 Updated 18 June 2021 FTIA’s publications 46/2019 5 Railway Network Statement 2021 3.6 Services ........................................................................................................................... 39 3.6.1 Passenger transport stations ....................................................................... 39 3.6.2 Freight terminals .............................................................................................. 39 3.6.3 Train formation yards ..................................................................................... 39 3.6.4 Storage sidings .................................................................................................. 40 3.6.5 Maintenance