Transport
The western part of the Karelian Isthmus is an important transport corridor linking Scandinavia and Central Russia. Primorsk, terminus of the Baltic Pipeline System, which has recently become one of the most efficient Russian sea ports, is also located here.
The only motorway on the isthmus is the recently completed E18 "Scandinavia" (M10) going from Saint Petersburg through Vyborg and Vaalimaa.
Saimaa Canal (opened in 1856) is an important link connecting inland waterways of Finland with the Gulf of Finland.
The Karelian Isthmus is served by a number of railways; the trains arrive from Finlyandsky Rail Terminal and Ladozhsky Rail Terminal of Saint Petersburg:
- Saint Petersburg-Hiitola railroad
- eastern part of the Saint Petersburg-Riihimäki railroad
- Saint Petersburg – Sestroretsk - Beloostrov
- southern part of the Vyborg-Joensuu railroad
- Saint Petersburg – Vsevolozhsk – Ladozhskoye Ozero
- Saint Petersburg – Vsevolozhsk – Petrokrepost – Nevskaya Dubrovka
- Vyborg - Veschevo (earlier also through Zhitkovo to Michurinskoye)
- Kamennogorsk – Svetogorsk – Imatra
- Zelenogorsk – Primorsk – Sovetsky - Vyborg
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