Suurten raidehankkeiden edistäminen

LVM031:00/2019 Development

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Under the leadership of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, negotiations have been held about establishing the one-hour Helsinki-Turku rail link project company and the Finland Railway project company with the municipalities and other publicly owned entities benefiting from the projects. The Finnish Government has authorised the Ministry of Transport and Communications to establish the Finland Railway and one-hour Helsinki-Turku rail link project companies on 25.6.2020. Machine transl.

Project status

10.9.2019 Term starts

31.12.2021 Term ends

Basic information In progress

Project number LVM031:00/2019

Set by Ministry of Transport and Communications

Term/schedule 10.9.2019 – 31.12.2021

Date of appointment 10.9.2019

Data and Communications Networks Transport and Mobility infrastructure construction rail traffic traffic networks

Relation to the Government Programme

Marin

Strategiset kokonaisuudet Dynamic and thriving Finland

Strategiset kokonaisuudet Transport network development

Action Exploring the financing and investment opportunities for major railway projects

Contact person
Mikko Jääskeläinen, Erityisasiantuntija
tel. +358 295 342 257
[email protected]

Goals and results

The purpose of the Finland railway project company would be to promote the planning of the rail link between Helsinki and Tampere through Helsinki-Vantaa Airport until the construction is ready to begin. The purpose of the one-hour Helsinki-Turku rail link project company would be to promote the design of the Espoo-Salo shortcut line and the Salo-Turku rail section until the construction is ready to begin.

On the basis of the Government mandate of 25.6.2020, the Ministry of Transport and Communications may set up project companies for the Finland railway and the one-hour Helsinki-Turku rail link.

Summary

Starting points

The Finnish railway sector faces a wide range of pressures for change. For example, increasing environmental awareness, the requirements for sustainable development and the fight against climate change require a holistic change in mobility and logistics. Accessibility of regions and areas is also central to Finland's competitiveness and success. Major rail projects, such as the one-hour Helsinki-Turku rail link, the Finland railway and the fast connection to the East, would unite the regions and would be strategic projects for Finland as a whole.

The project companies set up to promote rail investments would enable more projects to be carried out. This conclusion was reached by both a parliamentary working group assessing transport financing (final report 28.2.2018) and a working group led by by the Ministry of Finance examining the implementation of the infra projects using the company model (final report, 20.12.2018). The Parliamentary Finance Committee also considers the project company model as a possible option, as the planned rail projects are so extensive that their implementation is not easy within the budgetary framework alone, nor can they be implemented solely through user charges and ticket revenues (Committee report VaVM 39/2018 vp — HE 323/2018 vp, HE 324/2018 vp. 2).

Additional information

On 25.6.2020, the Finnish Government decided to authorise the Ministry of Transport and Communications to establish new partly state-owned limited liability companies, the Finland Railway and one-hour Helsinki-Turku rail link project companies. The Ministry of Transport and Communications may sign the Articles of Association and other documents relating to the establishment of the companies and subscribe on behalf of the State to the shares of the company. The share of the Finnish State in both project companies is 51%.

Negotiations are under way on the establishment of a company focusing on the planning of rail connections in the eastern direction. The opening event with the municipalities took place on 24.06.2020.

Hankkeen toteuttaminen

Suomi-rata kysyntäennuste 19.12.2019 PDF

19.12.2019 Ministry of Transport and Communications
Hankeyhtiöneuvottelut; Suomi-rata 12.12.2019 PDF

13.12.2019 Ministry of Transport and Communications
Suomi-rata - ratayhteyden kehittäminen - tilannekatsaus 28.11.2019 PDF

28.11.2019 Ministry of Transport and Communications
Suurten ratahankkeiden edistäminen- Suomi-rata neuvottelutyöryhmä 14.11.2019 PDF

14.11.2019 Ministry of Transport and Communications

Ungrouped

Jääskeläinen, Mikko

Erityisasiantuntija

Ministry of Transport and Communications

Role: Project contact person

29.6. – 31.12.2021

Ruuskanen, Sanna

hallitusneuvos

Ministry of Transport and Communications

Role: Person in charge

10.9.2019 –

Suurten raidehankkeiden edistäminen

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Osakassopimusneuvottelut

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Relation to the Government Programme

Marin

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Other documents and memorandums

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Suurten raidehankkeiden edistäminen

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Basic information In progress

Relation to the Government Programme

Marin

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Summary

Starting points

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