Toppila

Toppila
Toppila
	District of Oulu
Country	Finland
City	Oulu
Areas of Oulu	Koskela area
Population (2013) [1]
• Total	3 992
Postal code	90520

Last updated March 15, 2019

Toppila is a district of Oulu, Finland. It is bounded by the Toppilansalmi strait in the south and west, railway in the east and the Taskila district in the north. The Möljä Bridge over the Toppilansalmi strait connects Toppila with the Toppilansaari district.^[2]

Oulu is a city and municipality of 202,753 inhabitants in the region of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the most populous city in Northern Finland and the fifth most populous city in the country. There are no larger cities in the world, apart from Murmansk Russia, that are more northerly than Oulu. It is also considered one of Europe's "living labs", where residents experiment with new technology at a community-wide scale.

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland is a country in Northern Europe bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Norway to the north, Sweden to the northwest, and Russia to the east. Finland is a Nordic country and is situated in the geographical region of Fennoscandia. The capital and largest city is Helsinki. Other major cities are Espoo, Vantaa, Tampere, Oulu and Turku.

The Finnish railway network consists of a total of 5,919 km of railways built with 1,524 mm Russian gauge track. Passenger trains are operated by the private state-owned VR. They serve all the major cities and many rural areas, though railway connections are available to fewer places than bus connections. Most passenger train services originate or terminate at Helsinki Central railway station, and a large proportion of the passenger rail network radiates out of Helsinki. VR also operates freight services. Maintenance and construction of the railway network itself is the responsibility of the Finnish Rail Administration, which is a part of the Finnish Transport Agency. The network is divided in six areal centres, that manage the use and maintenance of the routes in co-operation. Cargo yards and large stations may have their own signalling systems.

Historically Toppila has been an industrial district with the residential areas built mainly along the railway. The Meri-Toppila residential neighbourhood in the northern part of Toppila was built on the site of the former Toppila pulp mill. The pulp mill was established by English company, Peter Dixon & Son Ltd. The pulp mill was operative in the year 1931-1985.^[3] The former Toppila harbour areas are being converted into residential areas in the southern part of district. The Toppila Power Station is located in between these new residential neighbourhoods.

Port of Oulu is a complex of three separate harbours located at the mouth of Oulujoki river in Oulu, Finland. Port of Oulu is a corporation owned by the City of Oulu. Annual average of 3 million tons of cargo is shipped on 500 vessels. Two of the ports, Nuottasaari and Oritkari, are also rail-served.

The Toppila Power Station is a power station in the Toppila district in Oulu, Finland. It is one of the largest peat-fired power stations in the world, with an installed capacity of 210 MW of electric power and 340 MW of thermal power. The facility operates two units of 75 MWe and 145 MWe. The boiler was supplied by Tampella and Ahlstrom, and the turbines were supplied by Zamech, LMZ and Ganz. The power station is operated by Oulun Energia.

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References

↑ "Oulun kaupungin ikäluokkatilasto kaupunginosittain 31.12.2013" (pdf). City of Oulu. 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
↑ Tourist map (Map). City of Oulu. 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
↑ Manninen, Turo (1995). Oulun kaupungin historia VI[History of the City of Oulu VI] (in Finnish). Oulun kaupunki. pp. 116–117. ISBN 951-9234-48-9.

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[ouka2013-1] "Oulun kaupungin ikäluokkatilasto kaupunginosittain 31.12.2013" (pdf). City of Oulu. 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-20.

[OukaMap-2] Tourist map (Map). City of Oulu. 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-20.

[Manninen-3] Manninen, Turo (1995). Oulun kaupungin historia VI[History of the City of Oulu VI] (in Finnish). Oulun kaupunki. pp. 116–117. ISBN 951-9234-48-9.