Tikkurila railway station (original) (raw)

Railway station in Vantaa, Finland

Tikkurila Dickursby
VR station
Tikkurila railway station
General information
Location Ratatie 11, 01300 Vantaa
Coordinates 60°17′38″N 25°2′42″E / 60.29389°N 25.04500°E / 60.29389; 25.04500
Owned by Finnish Transport Agency
Line(s) Helsinki–Riihimäki railway
Platforms 2 island platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 6
Connections Helsinki buses
Construction
Accessible 2
Other information
Station code Tkl
IATA code HVT
Fare zone C
Classification Part of split operating point (Tikkurila) [1]
History
Opened 1862
Passengers
2019 10,063,798 (Helsinki commuter)[2]
Services Preceding station Helsinki commuter rail Helsinki commuter rail Following station HiekkaharjuOne-way operation Pclockwise via Myyrmäki Puistolatowards Helsinki PuistolaOne-way operation Icounterclockwise via Tikkurila Hiekkaharjutowards Helsinki via Airport Puistolatowards Helsinki K Hiekkaharjutowards Kerava Preceding station VR commuter rail Following station Puistolatowards Helsinki T Hiekkaharjutowards Riihimäki Pasilatowards Helsinki R Keravatowards Riihimäki or Tampere Z Keravatowards Lahti or Kouvola Preceding station VR Group Following station Pasilatowards Helsinki Helsinki–Riihimäki RiihimäkiTerminus through to Lahti Helsinki–Kemijärvi(overnight service) Riihimäkitowards Kemijärvi Helsinki–Kolari(overnight service) Riihimäkitowards Kolari

Tikkurila station (Finnish: Tikkurilan rautatieasema, Swedish: Dickursby station) (IATA: HVT) is located in Tikkurila, the administrative centre of Vantaa in the Helsinki metropolitan area. It is located approximately 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from Helsinki Central railway station and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Helsinki Airport. The station is considered the main railway station of Vantaa, and almost all long-distance and commuter trains stop here.

Tikkurila was one of the first seven railway stations in Finland constructed together with the country's first railway between Helsinki and Hämeenlinna in 1862. It was also the only one apart from the two terminus stations to be built out of brick and not wood. The old station was converted into a museum in the 1970s, and a new, more modern station was built to the north of the old one.

The station is a local transportation hub. Bus services include local neighbourhood service[3] by a minibus and various connections inside Vantaa as well as regional services to Helsinki. Among the more important services running via Tikkurila station is the service 562 (N),[4] which connects the station to the Jumbo shopping centre, Aviapolis, and Flamingo in the west to Hakunila, Jakomäki and Mellunmäki (metro station) in the east on a 24-hour-basis.

Since the completion of the Ring Rail Line[5] it offers a fairly frequent rail connection to Helsinki-Vantaa Airport some 5 km to the west of the station as well western parts of Vantaa with the northbound I-train service.[6] Other rail connections included daily trains to Moscow and St. Petersburg.[7] All southbound services end at the Helsinki Central railway station.

The station bridge and the Dixi centre offer a number of services to commuters, tourists and the public in general.

  1. ^ Railway Network Statement 2021 (PDF). Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. 18 June 2020. p. 101. ISBN 978-952-317-744-4. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Matkustajalaskenta - liikennepaikkojen matkustajamäärät - (summa)". tietopyynto.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Neighbourhood routes". HSL. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  4. ^ "HSL - Timetables - Cross traffic 562". aikataulut.reittiopas.fi. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  5. ^ "Home - Finnish Transport Agency". www.liikennevirasto.fi. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  6. ^ "HSL - Timetables - I". aikataulut.reittiopas.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  7. ^ VR. "Timetables Finland–Russia - VR". www.vr.fi. Retrieved 2017-05-23.