Silja Line is a Finnish shipping company and cruiseferry brand owned and operated by the Estonian shipping company AS Tallink Grupp,for car,cargo and passenger traffic between Finland and Sweden.
Posti Group Oyj,trading internationally as Posti Group Corporation,is the main Finnish postal service delivering mail and parcels in Finland. The State of Finland is the sole shareholder of the company. Posti has a universal service obligation that entails weekday deliveries of letters in all of Finland's municipalities. Posti's head office is located in Pohjois-Pasila in Helsinki. Posti's history spans nearly 400 years.
Trams in Helsinki form part of the public transport system organised by Helsinki Regional Transport Authority and operated by Metropolitan Area Transport Ltd in Finland's capital city of Helsinki. The trams are the main means of transport in the city center,and 56.8 million trips were made on the system in 2019. In addition to the older tram network,there is a single light rail line that was opened in October 2023. Although technically compatible with the tram network,the light rail line is separate from the city center tram network.
Pasila is a part of Helsinki,Finland,that is both a central-northern neighbourhood and district,bordering the areas of Alppila to the south,the Central Park (Keskuspuisto) to the west,and Vallila to the east.
Although Finland has no dedicated high-speed rail lines,sections of its rail network are capable of running speeds of up to 220 km/h (137 mph). The Finnish national railway company VR operates tilting Alstom Pendolino trains. The trains reach their maximum speed of 220 km/h (137 mph) in regular operation on a 75.7 km (47.0 mi) route between Kerava and Lahti. This portion of track was opened in 2006. The trains can run at 200 km/h (124 mph) on a longer route between Helsinki and Seinäjoki and peak at that speed between Helsinki and Turku. The main railway line between Helsinki and Oulu has been upgraded between Seinäjoki and Oulu to allow for trains to run at speeds between 160 km/h (99 mph) and 200 km/h (124 mph). Other parts of the Finnish railway network are limited to lower speed.
OP Financial Group is one of the largest financial companies in Finland. It consists of 180 cooperative banks and their central organization. "OP" stands for "osuuspankki" in Finnish,literally meaning "cooperative bank". The financial group has over 2 million customer-owners,offering retail and commercial banking services all over Finland,as well as insurance services.
The Helsinki–Tallinn Tunnel is a proposed undersea tunnel that would span the Gulf of Finland and connect the Finnish and Estonian capitals by train. The tunnel's length would depend upon the route taken:the shortest distance across would have a submarine length of 80 kilometres (50 mi),which would make it 40% longer than the current longest railway tunnel in the world,the 57 km Gotthard Base Tunnel. It has been estimated that the tunnel,if constructed,will cost €9–13 billion. It may open in the 2030s. The European Union has approved €3.1 million in funding for feasibility studies. A pre-feasibility study from 2015 proposed a 250 km/h top speed.
Nokian Footwear is a Finnish manufacturer of rubber boots. It was a part of Nokia from 1967 to 1990,when it split into its own company. It was acquired by the Finnish company Berner in 2005.
The Minister of Transport and Communications is one of the Finnish Government's ministerial positions. The Minister of Transport and Communications heads the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
Elisa Aaltola is a Finnish philosopher,specialised in animal philosophy,moral psychology and environmental philosophy.
Polaris is a Finnish icebreaker. Built in 2016 by Arctech Helsinki Shipyard,she is the most powerful icebreaker ever to fly the Finnish flag and the first icebreaker in the world to feature dual-fuel engines capable of using both low-sulfur marine diesel oil (LSMDO) and liquefied natural gas (LNG). Polaris was initially ordered by the Finnish Transport Agency,but the ownership was transferred to the state-owned icebreaker operator Arctia after delivery.
The cabinet of Juha Sipilä was the 74th government of Finland,from 2015 to 2019. It was formed following the parliamentary election of 2015 and formally appointed by President Sauli Niinistöon 29 May 2015. From June 2017,the cabinet consisted of a coalition formed by the Centre Party,Blue Reform and the National Coalition Party. The cabinet's Prime Minister was Juha Sipilä.
Hanna Katariina Mäntylä is a Finnish politician and the former Minister of Social Affairs and Health. She represented the Finns Party until June 2017 and was the second deputy chairwoman of the party. She was elected to the Parliament from Lapland in 2011. She maintained her seat in the 2015 parliamentary election. She was appointed Minister of Social Affairs and Health in May 2015.
Meyer Turku Oy is a Finnish shipbuilding company located in Turku,Finland Proper. The company is fully owned by German shipbuilder Meyer Werft GmbH. The main products are cruise ships and cruiseferries.
Li Sigrid Andersson is a Finnish politician who served as Minister of Education from 2019 to 2023. The leader of the Left Alliance,she has been a Member of Parliament since 2015. She is also a city councillor of Turku and was the chair of the party's youth wing,Left Youth.
Katri Briitta Ilona Kulmuni is a Finnish politician who served as the 35th deputy prime minister of Finland and the leader of the Centre Party between 2019 and 2020. A member of the Centre Party,she was a Member of Parliament from 2015 to 2024. In the 2024 European Parliament election,she was elected to the European Parliament.
Sanna Mirella Marin is a Finnish former politician who served as prime minister of Finland from 2019 to 2023 and as the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) from 2020 to 2023. She was a Member of Parliament from 2015 to 2023. She was re-elected as member of parliament in April 2023 but resigned to become a strategic adviser on political leaders' reform programmes in the Tony Blair Institute in September 2023.
Itärata is a proposed railway line in the planning stage to provide a more direct connection between Helsinki and Kouvola,Finland than the current route via Kerava and Lahti.
Henna railway station is located in the town of Orimattila,Finland,in the district of Henna. It is located along the Kerava–Lahti railway,and its neighboring stations are Lahti in the north and Mäntsäläin the south.
The Helsinki–Turku high-speed railway or Espoo–Salo-oikorata,also formerly known as the ELSA-rata (Espoo-Lohja-Salo),is a proposed railway line in the planning stage to provide a more direct connection between Helsinki and Turku,Finland than the current Rantarata railway line which follows the southern coast. The project is also known as Turun tunnin juna,despite the fact that a journey between Helsinki and Turku on the new line would last about one hour and 18 minutes.
