Viipuri–Joensuu railroad

Originally built in 1892-1894 by Finnish State Railways in the Grand Duchy of Finland, in the 1940s most of the railway up to Niirala was ceded by Finland to the Soviet Union in the Moscow Peace Treaty, Moscow Armistice and Paris Peace Treaty as a result of the Winter War and Continuation War.

The decision to build a 311-kilometre (193 mi) railway from Viipuri to Joensuu was made by the Diet of Finland in 1888.

[2] After the Winter War and Continuation War Karelian Isthmus and Ladoga Karelia with Viipuri, Hiitola, Elisenvaara and Sortavala were ceded to the Soviet Union, and most stations of the line got to the Soviet side of the new border.

In the Moscow Peace Treaty on March 12, 1940, Finland lost the section Viipuri–Antrea–Hiitola–Jaakkima–Sortavala–Matkaselkä–Värtsilä (240 km (150 mi)) to the Soviet Union.

In Russia the railroad is used to ship petroleum to the ports of the Gulf of Finland as well as lumber and iron ore pellets from Karelia.

Finnish State Railways in 1918, at the time of the Finnish Civil War
The old railway station in Elisenvaara , constructed around 1893, was destroyed during the Winter War
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