Talk:Saint Petersburg–Hiitola railroad

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An entry from Saint Petersburg–Hiitola railroad appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 12 April 2007.

[edit] Regarding the history section

It should be rewritten in order to clarify the situation. Initially the article was about St. Petersburg - Sortavala railroad, which is pretty far from Joensuu, and I was going to create other articles for other Karelian railroads, but it might be a good idea to turn this into a single article about all the railways in the region (although I am not sure that there is enough space for this). However, now the section looks a bit misleading. Any suggestions? Colchicum 02:38, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

The article should be renamed as Saint Petersburg–Hiitola railroad. The track from Hiitola to Sortavala is a part of the old Karelian railway from Vyborg to Joensuu (see Viipuri–Joensuu-rata and Luokka:Venäjän rataverkko). It was finished in 1894, whereas the railway from Hiitola to Saint Petersburg was built as late as in 1919. --Hippophaë 15:31, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I know, but the problem is that by now the Vyborg - Hiitola link has become obsolete, and this line is used as a whole. BTW, Hiitola - St. Petersburg railway was used already in early 1917. Colchicum 16:08, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

The track had been completed by January 27 1917, and trains started running that very year, although some works had continued until 1919. Colchicum 16:14, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I have split this into Vyborg-Joensuu railroad and Saint Petersburg-Hiitola railroad. Colchicum 20:33, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Railway or railroad?

Someone should decide whether to use the term railway or railroad in this article as it changes back and forth throughout. As I was only browsing through this I decided not to tamper with it myself. Welkinridge 13:23, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures

There are nice pictures with expired copyrights at [[1]]. Colchicum 15:45, 10 April 2007 (UTC)