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Night trains from Helsinki

2 sleeper routes · Finland

2 night trains serve Helsinki in the TrainRouter atlas — sleeper routes to Kolari, Rovaniemi. The longest is the VR Night Train at 989 km (14 h 30 min); the oldest service on this list has run since 1909. Board in the evening, wake up 989 km closer — every route below links to its full story and the world railway map.

VR Night Train

Helsinki → Kolari · 989 km · 14 h 30 min · VR · double-deck sleeper

Finland’s northernmost railhead: an overnight car-carrier sleeper above the Arctic Circle to the fells of Ylläs and Levi.

Santa Claus Express

Helsinki → Rovaniemi · 900 km · ≈ 12 h · VR · Double-deck sleeper

Rolls out of Helsinki by night and crosses into Lapland by morning — sleepers and car carriers bound for the Arctic Circle.

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