User:JIP/Railway lines in Finland

Cities in Finland with more than 500 thousand inhabitants:
 * Helsinki

Cities with more than 100 thousand inhabitants:
 * Tampere
 * Turku
 * Oulu

Cities with more than 50 thousand inhabitants:
 * Lahti
 * Kuopio
 * Jyväskylä
 * Pori
 * Joensuu
 * Rovaniemi
 * Vaasa
 * Kotka

Stations that are important because they act as a branch between two parallel routes from one major city to two other major cities:
 * Seinäjoki (from Tampere to Oulu and Vaasa)
 * Pieksämäki (from Jyväskylä to Kuopio and Joensuu)
 * Kouvola (from Lahti to Saint Petersburg, Pieksämäki, and Kotka)

Important railway lines:
 * Helsinki - Tampere
 * Helsinki - Turku
 * Helsinki - Lahti (note: two parallel lines: directly or via Riihimäki)
 * Tampere - Jyväskylä (note: two parallel lines: directly or via Haapamäki)
 * Tampere - Seinäjoki (note: two parallel lines: directly or via Haapamäki)
 * Tampere - Pori
 * Turku - Tampere
 * Seinäjoki - Oulu
 * Seinäjoki - Vaasa
 * Oulu - Rovaniemi
 * Jyväskylä - Pieksämäki
 * Pieksämäki - Kuopio
 * Pieksämäki - Joensuu
 * Kuopio - Oulu
 * Joensuu - Oulu
 * Lahti - Kouvola
 * Kouvola - Saint Petersburg
 * Kouvola - Pieksämäki
 * Kouvola - Kotka

Minor railway lines branching off the important lines:
 * Oulu - Kolari
 * Rovaniemi - Kemijärvi
 * Karjaa - Hanko
 * Kokemäki - Rauma

The directions are understood as follows:
 * In latitude, start from south and go towards north
 * In longitude, start from the centre and go either towards west or towards east