Pönttövuori tunnel

The old Pönttövuori tunnel in 2012. after decommissioning

The Pönttövuori tunnel is a rail tunnel under the Pönttövuori hill, on the Jyväskylä–Pieksämäki railway line, in Laukaa, central Finland, some 17 kilometres (11 mi) east of Jyväskylä.[1][2]

The original, now disused, tunnel was completed in 1918, and is 1,223 metres (4,012 ft) in length.[3] It cost slightly over 2m Finnish markka to build (c. EUR 3m in 2023 money).[2][4] For several decades after its completion, it was the longest rail tunnel in Finland.[1][5]

It was decommissioned in 1995, when a new tunnel opened alongside it, to allow taller, electrified trains to pass through; this tunnel is 1,429 metres (4,688 ft) in length.[3]

Of these, only the newer tunnel is currently in use. The old one was sold by auction in 2024.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Huutokauppa hylätystä rautatietunnelista päättyi: Korkein tarjous 299 000 euroa" [Disused rail tunnel auction is over: highest bid EUR 299,000]. Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 28 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b Tietosanakirja (in Finnish). Helsinki: Otava/WSOY. 1922. pp. 959–960.
  3. ^ a b "Rautatietunnelit Suomessa" [Rail tunnels in Finland]. Resiina Lehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Value of money converter". Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Suursodan uhatessa 1912 Venäjän keisari määräsi rakentamaan junatunnelin, joka oli vuosikymmeniä Suomen pisin" [With the Great War impending, the Czar of Russia ordered a rail tunnel to be built, which for decades was the longest in Finland]. Tekniikka Talous (in Finnish). 19 May 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.

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