Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency

2010–2018

The Finnish Transport Agency (Finnish: Liikennevirasto, Swedish: Trafikverket) was launched on 1 January 2010 to join three separate transportation agencies:

Finnish Rail Administration (Finnish: Ratahallintokeskus or RHK, Swedish: Banförvaltningscentralen)

Finnish Maritime Administration, (Finnish: Merenkulkulaitos, Swedish: Sjöfartsverket)

Finnish Road Administration (Finnish: Tiehallinto, Swedish: Vägförvaltningen).

2019 onwards

In 2019, the functions of the Finnish Transport Agency were split into three new instances:

Traficom, the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency

Fintraffic, Traffic Management Finland Oy (a state-owned limited company) [fi]

Väylävirasto, responsible for maintenance

Road network

The Finnish road network consists of highways, municipal street networks and private roads. Along with ten regional economic development centres [fi], the FTIA is responsible for the maintenance and development of the state-owned road network. There are 78,000 kilometres of highways maintained by the FTIA, of which about 50,000 are paved. In all, the Finnish road network is 454,000 kilometers long, of which about 350,000 are privately owned. There are a total of 5,000 kilometers of pedestrian walkways and bicycle tracks in Finland.

Railway network

The FTIA is responsible for the planning, construction and maintenance of the Finnish railway network, mainly used by VR but open to competition under the open access model since 2021. At the end of 2014, the total length of the Finnish railway network was 5,944 kilometers, of which 3,256 was electrified. The FTA spends about 200 million euros on rail infrastructure maintenance annually.

Waterways

The FTIA maintains approximately 8,300 kilometers of coastal fairway and 8,000 kilometers of inland waterways as part of Finland's waterway network. FTA is also responsible for producing charts (ENC & RNC) covering Finland waterways and coastal waters.