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Saint Petersburg – Hiitola railroad
The
Saint Petersburg-Hiitola Railway
is a long railway with
broad gauge
located in
St. Petersburg
,
Leningrad Oblast
(
Karelian Isthmus
) and
Republic of Karelia
, which links
Finlyandsky Rail Terminal
to
Khiytola
through Devyatkino,
Vaskelovo
,
Sosnovo
,
Priozersk
and
Kuznechnoye
. Originally built by
Finnish State Railways
in the
Grand Duchy of Finland
, the railway was part of a trunk line from
Vaasa
by the
Gulf of Botnia
to St. Petersburg. In the 1940
Moscow Peace Treaty
the territory was ceded by Finland to the Soviet Union. The railroad is now operated by the
Russian Railways
. The railroad is used by
passenger trains
between St. Petersburg and
Sortavala
. The track between Khiytola and Sortavala is a part of the
Vyborg–Joensuu railroad
completed in 1894.
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