Improved service level on the This means that trains can transport heavier loads than before Project content railway section Seinäjoki– at higher speeds. The running of heavier trains on double-track Oulu sections is secured by adding electric power. Tikkaperä The improvement of the railway section Seinäjoki– Changed and new traf c operating points OuluHirvineva RuukkiKempele Oulu will cut travel times, add railway capacity and enable a development of the freight traf c and Ahonpää Tuomioja TikkaperäVihanti Liminka reduce the vulnerability to disturbances in railway Hirvineva reduce the vulnerability to traf c disturbances. Kilpua traf c. In addition, the station areas will improve as AhonpääOulainen Tuomioja The improved railway connection will also create a result of the changes made to the passenger Kangas new possibilities for land use and business activities Kilpua Kokkola KarhukangasII-raide Kokkola–Ylivieska traf c operating points. in the region. KannusYlivieskaEskola MatkanevaKälviäRiippa Kangas Traf c safety will be improved when level crossings Pännäinen Kruunupyy Kolppi Kovjoki KarhukangasDouble-track Kokkola–Ylivieska The 335-kilometre long railway between Seinäjoki and Oulu is one are replaced with overpasses/underpasses and Kokkola Sievi Riijärvi Jepua KannusEskola Uusi liikennepaikka of the busiest single-track railway sections in . The majority traf c arrangements. As level crossings are Köykkäri MatkanevaKälviäRiippa PännäinenVoltti Kruunupyy Liikennepaikkamuutos of the railway traf c between Southern and Northern Finland uses removed, passenger trains can run at a speed Kovjoki HärmäKolppi Riijärvi Raunio Kaksoisraide KauhavaJepua New traf c operating point this railway, which is part of the Trans-European Rail Network (TEN). of 160–200 km/h depending on the train type. RajaperkiöKöykkäri Tasoristeysten poisto LapuaVoltti Changed traf c operating point The project was preceded by the improvement of the railway section The improved railway connection creates RuhaHärmä Alus- ja päällysrakenteen Seinäjoki Raunio Double-track between Helsinki and Seinäjoki. new opportunities for land use and business II-raide Seinäjoki–LapuaKauhava parantaminen Etelä-Seinäjoki II-raide Etelä-SeinäjokiRajaperkiö Removed level crossing The cost estimate of the project is 860 million euros. The pro- activities in the area between Seinäjoki and –Seinäjoki Lapua Ruha Improved sub- and Seinäjoki ject is partly funded by the European Union. The bene t-cost ratio Oulu. Shorter travel times bring the regional Double-track superstructure Seinäjoki–Lapua measuring the nancial bene ts from the project against the costs and national centres closer to each other. Etelä-Seinäjoki Double-track Etelä-Seinäjoki–Seinäjoki to complete the project is about 2.0. This is advantageous for all of Ostrobothnia, especially the regions where there is a station. The project strengthens the competitiveness of railway traf c and boosts regional development Project timetable The project is both cost-effective and signi cant from a socio- economic perspective. By improving the existing single-track line, a 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 continued use of the railway section can be secured. The new dou- Seinäjoki–Ruha ble-track railway sections will increase the railway capacity, which Ruha–Lapua Planning enables greater traf c volumes. Lapua–Pännäinen Construction The outcome of this project will be an increased axle load and Pännäinen–Kokkola Planning and a higher speed. Passenger Kokkola–Riippa construction trains can ultimately run at a Riippa–Eskola speed of 200 km/h from Hel- The improvement Eskola–Ylivieska sinki to Oulu. The competi- of this railway section Ylivieska–Oulainen tiveness of the freight traf c is with heavy traf c has enabled a smoother Oulainen–Kilpua strengthened as the axle load traf c  ow both Kilpua–Tuomioja on the whole railway section regionally and Tuomioja–Liminka is increased to 25 tonnes at a nationwide. speed level of 80–100 km/h. Liminka–Oulu Repairing old constructions and building new

• Improvement of 29 traf c operating points. • New traf c operating points are built in Riijärvi, Tikkaperä and Ahonpää. • New passenger platform is built at Kempele traf c operating point. • Level crossings are removed from the whole section. • Railway constructions are improved on the whole Improved service level section. Traf c disturbances will be reduced as frost heave damages are prevented. Railway project Seinäjoki–Oulu • Double-track sections will be built from Southern Seinäjoki to Lapua and from Kokkola to Ylivieska. The section between Southern Seinäjoki and Seinäjoki has been completed. • 16 steel bridges will be repaired or renewed. The old- est bridges to be repaired were built in 1928. • Changes will be made to the safety device system and electri ed line system on the whole section. The existing safety device system between Kokkola and Ylivieska will be renewed. The construction work was started in 2007 and will be completed in 2017.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Tommi Rosenvall Project Manager phone +358 (0)295 34 3830 www.liikennevirasto. /skol www.facebook.com/seinajokioulu

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