SeaRail
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| services = Warehousing
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SeaRail is a company based in Tampere, Finland operating a logistics terminal.
The company operated a train ferry for railway freight wagons between Turku, Finland, and Stockholm, Sweden. Because the {{Track gauge|1524mm|lk=on}} track gauge of the Finnish railways (VR) is {{convert|89|mm|in|abbr=on}} wider than the standard gauge of much of the rest of Europe (including Sweden), a special fleet of freight wagons with interchangeable bogies is used. The break-of-gauge point is several hundred meters inside Finland at Turku and the bogies are exchanged in a specially-equipped depot; this procedure can be achieved in 10 minutes and involves jacking up each wagon. The short section of {{Track gauge|1435mm|allk=on}} track at Turku is sometimes known as "Little Sweden".
The Tallink train ferry Sea Wind conveys the SeaRail wagons between Finland and Sweden. These operated twice-daily from Turku and Stockholm.
Rail car traffic onboard ferries from Turku to Stockholm were closed down on 30 April 2012.
See also
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.searail.net}}
- [http://www.kn-portal.com/location.cfm?page=europe/FI/fi_railfreight KN Nordic Rail] (rival)
Category:Ferry companies of Finland
Category:Ferry companies of Sweden
Category:Railway companies of Finland