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Winter time begins – changes in timetables

Finland transitions to winter time on Sunday 31 October with clocks moving at 04:00 a.m. from summer time to standard time, 03:00 a.m. The turning of the clocks will affect a some train services in the night between Saturday and Sunday.

Long-distance traffic

Long-distance night trains will stop to wait for about an hour, so that their next scheduled departure time according to the normal time.

See the HSL website for HSL’s schedules, Opens in a new tab.

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