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Railway infrastructure data content will be reduced

create7/3/2026

The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency has decided to restrict the distribution of certain railway network infrastructure data as open data. These data types, now classified as non-public, will be removed from Digitraffic by the end of 2026.

Data types being fully removed

  • Axle counters
  • Balises
  • Separators
  • Separation sections
  • Separation fields
  • Hotbox detectors
  • Reverse buttons
  • Turntables
  • Heating stations
  • Groundings
  • Signals
  • Local point operation groups
  • Stopping devices
  • Wheel force indicators
  • Rail insulations
  • Derailers
  • RFID readers
  • Section insulators
  • Electrical work insulators
  • Switch heating transformers
  • Pantograph monitoring cameras

Data types with reduced content

Switches:

  • Information about electric switch operation will be removed
  • Information about permitted speed on diverging track will be removed

Tracks:

  • Information about track inflection points (vertical geometry) will be removed
  • Information about track usage purpose will be removed
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