The Hanko–Hyvinkää Railroad, 1872–1875 (Swedish: Hangö–Hyvinge järnväg), was Finland's first privately funded railway. Hanko is the southernmost town in Finland. Hanko has a seaport which, thanks to its location, can be used for the longest possible time during the sometimes very severe, and freezing, Finnish winters. Because all the other Finnish seaports might be frozen solid during the winter, there was an anticipation for a large amount freight transit traffic. As such, a decision was made to privately fund the 149 kilometres (93 mi) railway from Hanko to the Finnish State Railways' Helsinki–Hämeenlinna line, with the connection at Hyvinkää.
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| - Hanko–Hyvinkää railway (en)
- Ligne de Hyvinkää à Karjaa (fr)
- Hyvinge–Karis-banan (sv)
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| - La ligne de de Hyvinkää à Karjaa (finnois : Hyvinkää–Karjaa-rata) est une ligne de chemin de fer du réseau de chemin de fer finlandais qui relie Hyvinkää à Karjaa. (fr)
- Hyvinge–Karis-banan är en 99 km lång enkelspårig godsjärnväg i Finland mellan Stambanan i Hyvinge och Kustbanan i Karis, där järnvägen fortsätter mot Hangö. Banan Hyvinge–Hangö byggdes ursprungligen av ett privat järnvägsföretag och invigdes år 1873, men utan lönsam trafik, och banan inköptes av staten redan år 1875. År 2020 beslöt riksdagen om elektrifiering av banan, som beräknas pågå 2021–2024. Ändstationen i Hyvinge disponeras numera av Finlands järnvägsmuseum. (sv)
- The Hanko–Hyvinkää Railroad, 1872–1875 (Swedish: Hangö–Hyvinge järnväg), was Finland's first privately funded railway. Hanko is the southernmost town in Finland. Hanko has a seaport which, thanks to its location, can be used for the longest possible time during the sometimes very severe, and freezing, Finnish winters. Because all the other Finnish seaports might be frozen solid during the winter, there was an anticipation for a large amount freight transit traffic. As such, a decision was made to privately fund the 149 kilometres (93 mi) railway from Hanko to the Finnish State Railways' Helsinki–Hämeenlinna line, with the connection at Hyvinkää. (en)
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| - The Hanko–Hyvinkää Railroad, 1872–1875 (Swedish: Hangö–Hyvinge järnväg), was Finland's first privately funded railway. Hanko is the southernmost town in Finland. Hanko has a seaport which, thanks to its location, can be used for the longest possible time during the sometimes very severe, and freezing, Finnish winters. Because all the other Finnish seaports might be frozen solid during the winter, there was an anticipation for a large amount freight transit traffic. As such, a decision was made to privately fund the 149 kilometres (93 mi) railway from Hanko to the Finnish State Railways' Helsinki–Hämeenlinna line, with the connection at Hyvinkää. Work on the new railway began in 1872 with the inaugural run being on October 8, 1873. Owing to insufficient funds, the private company soon got into financial trouble. Facing almost certain liquidation, the railroad company was sold to the Finnish State Railways in 1875. Today, the Finnish Railway Museum is based at the site of the original roundhouse and Hyvinkää railway station buildings in the town of Hyvinkää. (en)
- La ligne de de Hyvinkää à Karjaa (finnois : Hyvinkää–Karjaa-rata) est une ligne de chemin de fer du réseau de chemin de fer finlandais qui relie Hyvinkää à Karjaa. (fr)
- Hyvinge–Karis-banan är en 99 km lång enkelspårig godsjärnväg i Finland mellan Stambanan i Hyvinge och Kustbanan i Karis, där järnvägen fortsätter mot Hangö. Banan Hyvinge–Hangö byggdes ursprungligen av ett privat järnvägsföretag och invigdes år 1873, men utan lönsam trafik, och banan inköptes av staten redan år 1875. År 2020 beslöt riksdagen om elektrifiering av banan, som beräknas pågå 2021–2024. Ändstationen i Hyvinge disponeras numera av Finlands järnvägsmuseum. (sv)
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