terminal Lappeenranta is connected to neighbouring cities and municipalities by road. The city is located from Helsinki and from
St. Petersburg. From Lappeenranta, the distance to
Joensuu, the capital of
North Karelia, is along
Highway 6. There are multiple daily train departures to destinations within Finland from the
Lappeenranta and
Joutseno stations and to Russia from Vainikkala station. The
Allegro train service operating between Helsinki and St. Petersburg stops in
Vainikkala, a village in Lappeenranta. The journey time to Helsinki is about 2 hours and St. Petersburg about 1.5 hours. During the summer, when
Lake Saimaa and the
Saimaa Canal are accessible by water, there is a visa-free connection by ship from Lappeenranta to
Vyborg, Russia. The regionally owned
Lappeenranta Airport is located west of the city center. The airport predominantly serves charter flights to southern Europe, the
Canary Islands and
Madeira, as well as regularly scheduled flights on Irish airline
Ryanair to
Italy. The public transport is by bus and is called Jouko. The Jouko-buses are pink-colored and they serve 17 sub-urban lines (1, 1X, 2, 2H, 3, 3K, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 14, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25) and 21 regional lines (100, 101, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 120, 121, 130, 131, 200, 201, 300, 301, 500, 601, 602, 603, 610, 620). Jouko has Waltti-travel card, to which you can charge a 30-day season ticket (travel zones A-D) or a value tickets, which works also in other Finnish cities which do have the Waltti-ticket system. Other ways to buy a ticket in Jouko-buses are single tickets (payment with cash or credit card), mobile-tickets (PayIQ, etc.) and 24-hour ticket. Jouko has also own route-guide (https://lappeenranta.digitransit.fi/), where you can plan a route, see timetables and also see all the Jouko-buses in the map. You can also view delays, exceptions, and other releases. Jouko sub-urban transport is operated by
Savonlinja and V-S Bussipalvelut. Regional lines are operated by Kymen Charterline, V-S Bussipalvelut, Vento and Mikkonen. The sub-urban bus fleet consists of low-floor city buses, and the bus models are
Scania Citywide II Electric,
Volvo 8900LE,
Scania Citywide LE Suburban (two of them are
CNG-buses),
Scania Citywide LE, Scania Lahti Scala and
Volvo 8700LE.
Jouko sub-urban routes • 1 University – Sammonlahti – City centre – Lauritsala – Kiiskinmäki • 1X University – Sammonlahti – City centre • 2 Kivisalmi – City centre – Lauritsala – Hovinpelto (on Sundays via central hospital) • 2H Hovinpelto – Lauritsala – Railway station – Leiri – City centre • 3 Leiri – Railway station – City centre – Pikisaari – Kariniemi – Kivisalmi • 3K Kivisalmi – City centre – Leiri – Kesämäki • 3K Kesämäki – Railway station – City centre – Kivisalmi • 4 Mäntylä – City centre – Karhuvuori • 4 City centre – Karhuvuori • 5 University – Sammonlahti – City centre – Railway station • 7 Mustola – Lauritsala – City centre • 8 Kariniemi – Pikisaari – City centre – Sammonlahti – Ruoholampi – Rutola • 12 University – Sammonlahti – City centre • 12 Kivisalmi – City centre • 12 University – Sammonlahti – City centre – Karhuvuori – Lauritsala – Hovinpelto – Mustola – Kiiskinmäki • 12 Kiiskinmäki – Kanavansuu – Lauritsala – City centre – Kivisalmi • 14 Mäntylä – City centre – Karhuvuori – Lauritsala – Mustola • 21 Vuoksenniska – Sotkulampi – Imatrankoski – Mansikkala (Keskusasema / Central station) –Mustalampi – Vuoksenniska • 22 Vuoksenniska – Mustalampi – Mansikkala (Keskusasema / Central station) – Imatrankoski – Sotkulampi – Vuoksenniska • 23 Jakola – Imatrankoski – Mansikkala (Keskusasema / Central station) – Sienimäki – Vuoksenniska – Rautio – Huhtanen • 24 Mansikkala (Keskusasema / Central station) – Imatrankoski – Meltola – Salo-Issakka – Perä-Meltola – Meltola – Imatrankoski – Mansikkala (Keskusasema / Central station) • 25 Imatran Kylpylä (Imatra Spa) – Mansikkala (Keskusasema / Central station) – Saareksiinmäki – Meltola – Imatrankoski == Education ==