Editing Commuter rail (section)

====Northern Europe====
In Sweden, electrified commuter rail systems known as ''Pendeltåg'' are present in the cities of [[Stockholm]] and [[Gothenburg]]. The [[Stockholm commuter rail]] system, which began in 1968, shares railway tracks with inter-city trains and freight trains, but for the most part runs on its own dedicated tracks. It is primarily used to transport passengers from nearby towns and other suburban areas into the city centre, not for transportation inside the city centre. The [[Gothenburg commuter rail]] system, which began in 1960, is similar to the Stockholm system, but does fully share tracks with long-distance trains.

In Norway, the [[Oslo Commuter Rail|Oslo commuter rail]] system is from 2022 more limited but the remaining commuter lines go on tracks mostly not much used by other trains. From 2022 several lines with hourly frequency and travel times to endpoints of over one hour are redefined as regional trains. Before 2022 Oslo had the largest commuter rail system in the Nordic countries in terms of line lengths and number of stations. Also [[Bergen Commuter Rail|Bergen]], [[Jæren Commuter Rail|Stavanger]] and [[Trønderbanen|Trondheim]] have commuter rail systems. These have only one or two lines each and they share tracks with other trains.

In [[Finland]], the [[Helsinki commuter rail]] network runs on dedicated tracks from [[Helsinki Central railway station]] to [[Leppävaara railway station|Leppävaara]] and [[Kerava]]. The [[Ring Rail Line]] serves [[Helsinki Airport]] and northern suburbs of [[Vantaa]] and is exclusively used by the commuter rail network. On 15 December 2019, the [[Tampere]] region got its own commuter rail service, with trains running from Tampere to [[Nokia, Finland|Nokia]], [[Lempäälä]] and [[Orivesi]].