Ilmala railway station

Ilmala railway station (Finnish: Ilmalan rautatieasema, Swedish: Ilmala järnvägsstation) is a railway station on the VR commuter rail network located in northern Helsinki, Finland. It is approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of Helsinki Central railway station. The VR Group maintains a depot north of the station.

Ilmala
Helsinki commuter rail station
Ilmala railway station
General information
LocationPostintaival, 00230 Helsinki
Postrutten, 00230 Helsingfors
Coordinates60°12′28″N 024°55′16″E
Owned byFinnish Transport Agency
Platforms1
Connectionsbus lines 23, 23N, 50, 57, 59
Construction
Structure typeground station
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zoneA
History
Opened25 May 1967 (1967-05-25)
Passengers
20191,431,210[1]
Services
Preceding station Helsinki commuter rail Helsinki commuter rail Following station
Pasila
towards Helsinki
 A Huopalahti
towards Leppävaara
L Huopalahti
towards Kirkkonummi
Huopalahti
One-way operation
 I
counterclockwise via Tikkurila
 Pasila
towards Helsinki
Pasila
One-way operation
 P
clockwise via Myyrmäki
 Huopalahti
towards Helsinki via Airport

The station was opened in 1967 to serve the newly built television studios of the Finnish public broadcaster Yle and commercial broadcaster MTV3.

Ilmala depot

North of the Ilmala station, in Pohjois-Pasila between the two branches of the railway which go respectively to Huopalahti and Tikkurila, a large space is used for the VR train and bus depot (Ilmalan varikko) and for Posti sorting centre (Postinkeskus or Posti lajittelukeskus) and related offices.

Near the tracks, VR has built a 100,000 m³ depot to accumulate excess snow which cannot be eliminated by the snow-melting field in Pasila. The depot can also melt snow with heat from the return water of the buildings' heating which uses district heating provided by Helen.[2]

Helsinki operating point

Ilmala is one part of the split railway operating point of Helsinki, the other parts of which include the passenger stations of Helsinki, Pasila, Käpylä and Oulunkylä, the Pasila freight and car loading stations, the Ilmala depot and the Helsinki Kivihaka crossover.[3]

Nearby landmarks

References
  1. "Matkustajalaskenta - liikennepaikkojen matkustajamäärät - (summa)". tietopyynto.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  2. "Ilmala's snow-melting field operating on district heat in use for the first time". 2019-02-07.
  3. Railway Network Statement 2021 (PDF). Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. June 18, 2020. p. 92-93. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 1, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.

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