A direct train service between Tornio in Finland and Haparanda in Sweden will open on August 10, said National railway operator VR on Thursday.
The new route will ease travel between the Oulu in Finland and Luleå in Sweden.
In December, the plan is to further improve transfer connections in Haaparanta, from where the trains of the Swedish Norrtåg operate to Luleå.
A total of 28 services will be operated weekly.
The track connection is very significant regionally, as it will improve connections from Northern Finland to Sweden as well as to Norway.
There will be two daily services between Oulu and Haaparanta in both directions every day of the week.
At the same time, passenger train services will return to the centre of Tornio for the first time in decades.
Train tickets for the route between Oulu and Haaparanta will be available from June 30.
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Source: www.dailyfinland.fi
