Special traffic on public holidays and school holidays for local transport in the Kotka region (Waltti transport Kotka, Hamina and Pyhtää).

General information on school holidays:
– shifts marked as  koulp. (meaning school days) are not running.
– the shifts marked kouluvuoden aikana (meaning: during the school year) are running, except during school summer vacation (June and July).

Other exceptions that take place on a shorter notice can be found on the Liikennepoikkeukset page (only in Finnish).

All Saints’ Day 2024
On Saturday, November 2, 2024, Sunday services will be held, along with night services on lines 1 and 13 for Saturday-Sunday nights.

Independence Day
On Friday, December 6, 2024, there will be Sunday services, as well as night services on routes 1 and 13 for Friday-Saturday nights.

On Friday, December 20, 2024, there will be service adjustments in Hamina due to the end of the school term. Lines 74, 75, 77, 78, 79, and 80 will offer additional morning services, along with other changes in the morning and afternoon. More information will be published closer to the date.

During the school Christmas holidays (December 21, 2024, to January 6, 2025), all other traffic will run, except traffic marked for “koulp./koulupäivisin”.

Christmas 2024

  • Monday, December 23, 2024: Normal Monday traffic.
  • Tuesday, December 24, 2024 (Christmas Eve): Sunday services will run until 13:00, followed by additional services:
    • Line 1: Departures from Kotka at 13:00, 15:00, 17:00, 19:00, and 21:00; from Hamina at 14:03, 16:03, 18:03, and 20:03.
    • Line 25S: All Sunday services will operate.
    • In addition, services to the cemeteries in Kotka will be provided on lines 18 and 19.
      • Line 18: Departures from Kotka city center to Parikka cemetery every 30 minutes starting at 9:00, with the last service at 15:00.
      • Return services from Parikka will run every 30 minutes from 9:30 until the last departure at 15:30.
      • Bus 19: From Mussalo to Parikka at 10:00, 11:45, 13:30, and 15:15; return trips from Parikka to Mussalo at 11:15, 13:00, 14:45, and 16:30.
      • From the city center to Laajakoski cemetery (next to Kymi cemetery) at 14:20, and from Laajakoski back to the city center at 15:30.
  • Wednesday, December 25, 2024: on Christmas Day, line 1 will run from Kotka at 11:00, 13:00, 15:00, 17:00, 19:00 and 21:00. From Hamina 12:03, 14:03, 16:03, 18:03 and 20:03. Line 12 11:30 from the city centre and 12:00 from Mussalo. Line 25S: all Sunday services
  • Thursday, December 26, 2024: on St. Stephen’s Day/Christmas Day there will be Sunday services.

New Year 2025
On Tuesday, December 31, 2024 (New Year’s Eve), regular Tuesday services will be in operation, along with night services on lines 1 and 13 for Friday-Saturday nights.

  • Line 1: Departures from Kotka at 00:00 and 01:00, and from Hamina at 23:05 and 00:05.
  • Line 13: Departures at 23:00, 00:00, and 01:00.

On Wednesday, January 1, 2025 (New Year’s Day), Sunday services will be available.

Epiphany
Mon 6.1.2025 will be a Sunday service.

 

 

The school academic year ends on Saturday 1 June 2025.

School summer vacation:
Shifts marked koulup.  will not be running. The shifts marked “koulujen loma-aikana” (= “during school holidays”) will be running.

 

Please note! This page is machine translated. We apologise for any errors, please report any mistakes joukkoliikenne@kotka.fi.