Editing Finland (section)

===Transport===
{{Main|Transport in Finland}}
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Finland's road system is utilized by most internal cargo and passenger traffic. The annual state operated road network expenditure of around €1&nbsp;billion is paid for with vehicle and fuel taxes which amount to around €1.5 billion and €1&nbsp;billion, respectively. Among the [[Highways in Finland|Finnish highways]], the most significant and busiest main roads include the [[Turku Highway]] ([[European route E18|E18]]), the [[Tampere Highway]] ([[European route E12|E12]]), the [[Lahti Highway]] ([[European route E75|E75]]), and the ring roads ([[Ring I]] and [[Ring III]]) of the Helsinki metropolitan area and the [[Tampere Ring Road]] of the [[Tampere urban area]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newsnowfinland.fi/domestic/top-gear-finlands-busiest-roads-revealed|title=Top Gear: Finland's Busiest Roads Revealed|website=News Now Finland|date=19 March 2018|access-date=27 August 2020|archive-date=27 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127030617/https://newsnowfinland.fi/domestic/top-gear-finlands-busiest-roads-revealed|url-status=dead }}</ref>

The main international passenger gateway is [[Helsinki Airport]], which handled about 15.3 million passengers in 2023.<ref name="dom">{{cite web |title=Statistics: A total of 18.3 million passengers flew via Finavia's airports in 2023 |url=https://www.finavia.fi/en/newsroom/2024/statistics-total-183-million-passengers-flew-finavias-airports-2023-increase-19-year |date=15 January 2024 |access-date=22 October 2024 |website=Finavia }}</ref> Another [[List of airports in Finland|26 airports]] have scheduled passenger services.<ref name="finavia_pass_stats">{{cite web |url=http://www.finavia.fi/files/finavia/vuosikertomukset_pdf/Finavia_vsk_2008_GB_LR.pdf |title=Airport operations |work=Annual report 2008 |date=17 March 2009 |access-date=28 July 2009 |location=Vantaa |publisher=Finavia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807205454/http://www.finavia.fi/files/finavia/vuosikertomukset_pdf/Finavia_vsk_2008_GB_LR.pdf |archive-date=7 August 2011 }}</ref> The Helsinki Airport-based [[Finnair]], [[Blue1]], and [[Nordic Regional Airlines]], [[Norwegian Air Shuttle]] sell air services both domestically and internationally.

The Government annually spends around €350&nbsp;million to maintain the {{convert|5865|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} network of railway tracks. Rail transport is handled by the state-owned [[VR Group]].<ref name="ljvr">Transport and communications ministry—Rail. For the year 2009 update: [http://rhk-fi-bin.directo.fi/@Bin/a7268406c6d22495230bb875bdf04c78/1299812171/application/pdf/4036970/Finnish%20Railway%20Statistics%202010.pdf Finnish Railway Statistics 2010].</ref> Finland's first railway was opened in 1862,<ref>Neil Kent: ''Helsinki: A Cultural History'', p. 18. Interlink Books, 2014. {{ISBN|978-1566565448}}.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-5061482|title=Tulihevonen saapui ensi kerran Hämeenlinnaan 150 vuotta sitten|trans-title=The "fire horse" arrived first time in Hämeenlinna 150 years ago|work=Yle Häme|publisher=Yle|date=31 January 2012|access-date=17 March 2022|language=fi|archive-date=21 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521090306/https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-5061482|url-status=live}}</ref> and today it forms part of the [[Finnish Main Line]], which is more than 800 kilometers long. Helsinki opened the world's northernmost [[Helsinki Metro|metro system]] in 1982.

The majority of international cargo shipments are handled at ports. [[Vuosaari Harbour]] in Helsinki is the largest container port in Finland; others include [[Kotka]], [[Hamina]], [[Hanko, Finland|Hanko]], [[Pori]], [[Rauma, Finland|Rauma]], and [[Oulu]]. There is passenger traffic from Helsinki and Turku, which have ferry connections to [[Tallinn]], [[Mariehamn]], [[Stockholm]] and [[Travemünde]]. The Helsinki-Tallinn route is one of the busiest passenger sea routes in the world.<ref name="busiest">{{Cite web |title=The Busiest Crossing |work=Discover the Baltic |date=24 April 2009 |url= http://discoverthebaltic.com/travel/bblog.htm#280409 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326210756/http://www.discoverthebaltic.com/travel/bblog.htm |archive-date=26 March 2010 |language=en }}</ref>