page_title: Kainuu
section_title: Transportation
hierarchical_section_title: Kainuu / Transportation
caption_attribution_description: English: Kajaani railway station, Finland. Suomi: Kajaanin rautatieasema.
context_page_description: Kainuu is one of the 19 regions of Finland. Kainuu borders the regions of North Ostrobothnia, North Savo and North Karelia. In the east, it also borders Russia.
  Boreal forest makes up most of the biome in Kainuu. The forest in Kainuu mostly consists of birches, pines and spruces. The atypical regional geography and landscape consist of lakes, hills and vast uninhabited forest areas.
  The largest lake in the region is the Oulujärvi, one of the largest lakes in Finland. Its shorelines, open waters and islands in Kainuu belong to the municipalities of Vaala, Paltamo and Kajaani.
  The highest point in Kainuu is the Iso Tuomivaara, located in the municipality of Hyrynsalmi. The regional climate is continental. The three most populous urban areas in Kainuu are Kajaani town center, Vuokatti village in Sotkamo municipality, and Kuhmo town center.
  Culturally Kainuu is part of larger Eastern-Finnish cultural heritage. The dialect of Kainuu is based on Savonian and Karelian dialects.
context_section_description: Kainuu has a total of 4 732 kilometers of road network and the average of 505 private cars / 1000 inhabitants.
  The air traffic of Kainuu had 81 854 cumulative passengers of which 77 981 were domestic and 3 873 were international passengers. The only major airport in the region is the Kajaani airport which is located some 7 kilometers (4 mi) northwest from the Kajaani town center.
  The Kajaani railway station works as the central hub for the Kainuu regions train passenger and freight transportation. The passenger traffic from and to Kajaani railway station runs between the line 13 of Helsinki-Kajaani and the line 14A of Oulu-Kontiomäki.
caption: The Kajaani railway station
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