Transport infrastructure played a key role in redefining Finland’s economic geography. An empirical investigation involving new gis databases that combine data about railways, population, and administrative boundaries at the municipal level between 1870 and 2000 permits the identification of three main phases of railway expansion: The first phase was a concentration of railways around Helsinki; the second, the construction of a grid-based national railway network, which coincided with a spread of the population into rural areas; and the third, an expansion of the railway into local networks when Finland’s industry began to coalesce around metropolitan areas.

中文翻译：

---

塑造共同点：芬兰的国家建设，铁路网络和区域发展

运输基础设施在重新定义芬兰的经济地理方面发挥了关键作用。一项涉及新的gis数据库的实证研究，结合了1870年至2000年间市级铁路，人口和行政边界的数据，可以确定铁路扩张的三个主要阶段：第一阶段是围绕赫尔辛基的铁路集中。第二，建设以网格为基础的国家铁路网，这恰逢人口向农村地区扩散。第三，当芬兰的工业开始在大都市地区合并时，将铁路扩展到本地网络。