srd stockholm - Kouvola

High Speed St. Petersburg - Helsinki The question was discussed for the first time in 1994 In 1994, the railway minister of Russia, Mr Fadejev and theFinnish transport and communications minister Mr Norrbackdecided to improve passenger services Target - to cut the travel time from 6,5 to 3 hrs in 2005 Several working groups studied and negotiated in the followingyears In 2006 a new direct railway line Kerava-Lahti was opened inFinland In 2006 the final decision was made between Finland and Russiato procure trainsets for the high-speed connection and to continuewith infrastructure upgrading in both countries