Kilo railway station

Kilo is a station on the VR commuter rail network on the Rantarata line located in Kilo, a district of the city of Espoo in Finland. It is situated between Leppävaara railway station and Kera railway station, approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) northwest/west of Helsinki Central railway station.

Kilo
Helsinki commuter rail station
General information
Coordinates60°13′3.88″N 24°46′51″E
Owned byFinnish Transport Agency
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connectionsbus lines
Other information
Station codeB
Passengers
20191,308,519[1]
Services
Preceding station Helsinki commuter rail Helsinki commuter rail Following station
Leppävaara
towards Helsinki
 X Kera
towards Siuntio
U Kera
towards Kirkkonummi
L
E Kera
towards Kauklahti

History

Kilo station has had three station buildings. The first was merely a small wood-heated cabin. The second was a larger wooden building and also included the white house of the track guardian, which still stands between the Kilo and Kera stations. This larger building was torn down in the early 1980s and replaced by a smaller sheet-metal building that served as the station's third station building. This latter building, which had been used as a kiosk since VR stopped selling tickets in Kilo at the beginning of the 2000s, has now been moved to a field across Lansanpurontie from the train station.

In the 1980s, there was a small factory south of the tracks, right next to the station, but it was torn down, and many low-rise apartment buildings have been built in its place. The level crossing to the west of the station was removed in the middle of the 1990s and replaced by a tunnel east of the station.

Bus connections
  • 114 (Leppävaara Station-Tapiola)
  • 114N (Leppävaara Station-Kamppi, nighttime)
  • 225K (Leppävaara-Kilo-Viherlaakso-Hognäs)

References
  1. "Matkustajalaskenta - liikennepaikkojen matkustajamäärät - (summa)". tietopyynto.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 20 August 2022.
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