Rantarata (the
Finnish Coastal Railway, Swedish:
Kustbanan), is a
railway running between the
Helsinki Central railway station and the
Turku railway station in Finland. Its first segment, linking Turku to
Karis, was commissioned in 1895, and work began the following year. The Turku–Karis track was opened for temporary traffic on 1 April 1899 and for permanent use on 1 November 1899. The second part of the Rantarata, linking Karis to Helsinki, was approved in 1897 and opened for traffic in 1902–1903. "Rantarata" is
Finnish for "coast track".