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12md -- Historical overview, 1862-2024
The database change of 8 June 2026 requires updates to API queries (e.g. shortening of identifiers and variable codes), no changes to user interface use.
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Official statistics
Yes
Latest update
8/27/2025
Unit
Length of line total:
kilometres
Creation date
8/27/2020
Copyright
Yes
Source
Statistics Finland, railway statistics
Matrix
12md
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It is not possible to update the query since there is no defined time variable in this table.
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Update the query with a rolling start time point and an unchanged number of time periods
Update the query with a fixed starting time point and the new time periods
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Historical overview by Year and Information
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Historical overview by Year and Information
Length of line total
1862
108
1870
483
1880
852
12md -- Historical overview, 1862-2024
Footnotes
Notice 27.8.2025. Statistics on primary occupation staff ended in 2022 and will not be published in the future.
Obs:
Notice 27.8.2025. Statistics on primary occupation staff ended in 2022 and will not be published in the future.
Footnotes
Documentation of statistics
Information
Length of line total
Length of line
API query for this table
POST the following JSON query to the URL below to access this table from your application.
URL:
JSON query:
{ "query": [ { "code": "timeperiod_y", "selection": { "filter": "item", "values": [ "1862", "1870", "1880" ] } }, { "code": "contentscode", "selection": { "filter": "item", "values": [ "ratapituus" ] } } ], "response": { "format": "json-stat2" } }
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