The Lapponia was an express passenger train operated by the Finnish State Railways, the predecessor of the current national rail traffic operator VR Group

VR Group

VR or VR Group is a state-owned railway company in Finland. Formerly known as Suomen Valtion Rautatiet until 1922 and Valtionrautatiet / Statsjärnvägarna until 1995...

. The Lapponia train

Train

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s operated on a direct route from Oulu

Oulu

Oulu is a city and municipality of inhabitants in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland. It is the most populous city in Northern Finland and the sixth most populous city in the country. It is one of the northernmost larger cities in the world....

 via Seinäjoki

Seinäjoki

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 and Tampere

Tampere

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 to Helsinki

Helsinki

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. Southbound Lapponia trains departed from Oulu at 7:00am, arriving in Helsinki at approximately 2:00pm. The returning northbound train left Helsinki at 4:00pm, arriving in Oulu at 10:45pm.

The Lapponia express train service began in 1974 as a fast and direct connection between Oulu and the nation's capital. In the beginning the trains had a maximum allowed speed of 120 kilometers per hour (74.5 miles per hour), but it was increased to 140 km/h (87.0 mph) in sections where the electrification was completed.

The Lapponia trains ran under that name until 1994 when Finnish State Railways discontinued the use of train-specific naming. More or less the same time express passenger trains were superseded by intercity train service.

Scheduled stops for Lapponia trains in 1987

The northbound Lapponia train (numbered EP 57) running on Helsinki–Oulu route stopped in 1987 at following stations:

• Helsinki Central
  Helsinki Central railway station
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   (the train originated at Ilmala yard)
• Tampere
  Tampere railway station
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• Seinäjoki
  Seinäjoki railway station
  The Seinäjoki railway station is located in the centre of city of Seinäjoki, Finland, at Valtionkatu 1. The current station building was built in the 1970s, and it is located in the same building as the bus station. In the 2000s, the building was renovated as a modern travel centre.Seinäjoki is a...
  
  
• Kauhava
• Bennäs (Pännäinen)
  Bennäs railway station
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• Kokkola
  Kokkola railway station
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• Kannus
• Ylivieska
  Ylivieska railway station
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• Oulainen
  Oulainen railway station
  Oulainen railway station is located in the center of the town of Oulainen, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland. It was opened in 1886....
  
  
• Vihanti
  Vihanti railway station
  Vihanti railway station is located in the town of Vihanti, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland....
  
  
• Oulu
  Oulu railway station
  The Oulu Railway Station is located in the centre of Oulu, Finland, in the city district of Vaara. All trains are operated by VR. Nearby is the bus station for long-distance buses....
  
  , where the trains terminated

The southbound Lapponia train (numbered EP 50) running on Oulu–Helsinki route stopped also at railway stations in Parkano

Parkano railway station

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 and Hämeenlinna

Hämeenlinna railway station

Hämeenlinna railway station is located in the town of Hämeenlinna, Finland....

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