The City of Nurmes, together with various actors, has designed and planned a bioindustrial area for the Pitkänmäki industrial area of the city of Nurmes. The project includes a biocoal mill, a bio-terminal, a wood dryer and a small-scale CHP plant. In addition, the roundwood loading site in Nurmes Porokylä is located in the project area. A new industrial area needs efficient and enabling transport solutions for business needs. The aim of the project is to build a railway yard and revenue bridges in the railway yard on the industrial site and to move the area to the area for loading and loading the roundwood. In a study carried out by the Finnish Transport Agency, the development of the network of terminals and loading points for roundwood was selected as terminal locations according to their optimal transport costs 14 different locations and 32 different loading points across Finland. Among the loading points there is also Porokylä. The current loading point is located in the immediate vicinity of the settlement and the noise at the loading point is perceived as disturbing. The City of Nurmes’ strategy also mentions the transfer of the loading site to the urban planning area, so that the Porokylä area can be utilised in housing, for example. According to the regional impact study, the overall future employment impact of the Nurmes bioindustrial area is 281 htp, of which the share of forestry is 124 htp. The total volume of the timber loading and unloading site will be about 505 000 m³/year for train loads and the total annual volume of timber to be stored will be approx. 160 000 m³ in the railway yard and 350 000 m³ in the biocarbon mill yard. In addition, the EUR 45 million biodiesel plant in Imande increases the circulation of wood in Nurmes. The area is located 4 km northwest of the centre of Nurmes on the Joensuu-Kontiomäki railway line and north of Pitkämäki’s industrial area. The area is part of the 134 districts of Pitkämäki in the town of Nurmes and borders to the east to Joensuu-Kontiomäki railway and to the west to Voimatie, as well as to industrial land plots that have been zoned. The railway is non-electrified and does not have automatic access control. Sito Oy has drawn up a track plan for the Pitkämäki railway yard and road arrangements for the project area. The plan presents four different options for the location of the loading site and the parallel and loading tracks to be built in the project area. Option VE 4 was selected for implementation. It is proposed that the industrial tracks be connected to the Joensuu-Kontiomäki railway network at two points, which will allow for versatile rail traffic in the railway yard area. Access to the railway yard has been proposed to be implemented at Voimatie points where the elevation stations allow heavy traffic to be operated to the yard. The Finnish Transport Agency and VR Track have finalised the location report. The construction plan for the railway yard will be completed by the end of 2016. The bioindustrial area will provide a functional traffic solution, a loading and loading place for roundwood, a railway yard and access to the railway yard. The Finnish Transport Agency has announced that it will finance its share (EUR 2,200,000) in spring 2017. The Finnish Transport Agency has appointed Antti Koske as project manager.