srd stockholm - Kouvola

Developing passenger services before Allegro,St. Petersburg - Helsinki Until 1992 only Russian rolling stock, one departure /day June 1992 the offer was doubled with a Finnish train, ”Sibelius” Both trains traditional, engine + coaches Travel time was 6,5 hrs With different smaller measures a travel time of 5h 15 min wasreached, for bigger changes more radical measures were needed Constant growth of passenger numbers