SeaRail

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SeaRail operates a train ferry for railway freight wagons between Turku, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden. Because the 1,524 mm (5 ft) track gauge of the Finnish railways (VR) is 89 mm (3½") wider than the standard gauge of much of the rest of Europe (including Sweden), a special fleet of freight wagons with interchangeable bogies is used. The break-of-gauge point is several hundred meters inside Finland at Turku and the bogies are exchanged in a specially-equipped depot; this procedure can be achieved in 10 minutes and involves jacking up each wagon. The short section of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in) (standard gauge) track at Turku is sometimes known as "Little Sweden".

Train ferries of SeaWind Line (a daughter company of Tallink Silja) convey the SeaRail wagons between Finland and Sweden. These operate twice-daily from Turku and Stockholm.

SeaRail's headquarters is located in Turku, the company also has offices in Stockholm and in Helsingborg. The company is jointly owned by Tallink Silja Oy, Finland's VR Group and the Swedish rail freight company Green Cargo AB.

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