Helsinki Airport station

Helsinki Airport station (Finnish: Lentoaseman rautatieasema, Swedish: Flygplatsens järnvägsstation) is a Helsinki commuter rail station located at Helsinki Airport in Vantaa, Finland.

Lentoasema
Flygplatsen
Airport
Helsinki commuter rail station
General information
LocationHelsinki Airport
Lentokenttä, Vantaa
Finland
Coordinates60°18′58″N 024°58′08″E
Owned byFinnish Transport Agency
Line(s)Ring Rail Line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Train operatorsVR on behalf of HSL
Construction
Structure typetunnel station
Depth45 m (148 ft)
Other information
Station codeLen
Fare zoneC
History
Opened10 July 2015 (2015-07-10)
Passengers
20194,406,584[1]
Services
Preceding station Helsinki commuter rail Helsinki commuter rail Following station
Leinelä
One-way operation
 I
counterclockwise via Tikkurila
 Aviapolis
towards Helsinki
Aviapolis
One-way operation
 P
clockwise via Myyrmäki
 Leinelä
towards Helsinki

Helsinki Airport station is on the Ring Rail Line, located between the stations of Aviapolis and Leinelä. It is the world's northernmost underground railway station.

History

Although the Ring Rail Line opened on 1 July 2015, the airport railway station opened only on 10 July 2015, and only the Tietotie exit was accessible at this time. Because the exit was the one farther away from the terminal, a temporary shuttle bus was operated until the elevators for the passenger terminal-side exit were completed in December 2015.[2] The escalators for the terminal-side exit were finally brought into use on 17 March 2016.[3]

Future proposals

As part of ongoing plans for high-speed rail in Finland, Helsinki Airport station would be linked to Helsinki Central via a direct tunnel (a project known as Lentorata), surfacing at Kerava and continuing to Tampere Central, at an estimated cost of €5.5 billion.[4]

Proposals exist to connect Kouvola railway station to Helsinki via a new 106 km line, Itärata (Eastrail), through Porvoo and Helsinki Airport station.[5]

References
  1. "Matkustajalaskenta - liikennepaikkojen matkustajamäärät - (summa)". tietopyynto.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  2. "Virasto myöntää viimein: Lentoaseman juna-asema ihan valmis vasta ensi vuonna". Helsingin Sanomat. 20 October 2015.
  3. Jaulimo, Juulia (17 March 2016). "360 asteen video: Tässä ovat Suomen pisimmät liukuportaat! Otettiin käyttöön tänään". mtvuutiset.fi.
  4. "Finland earmarks funds for new rail links between Helsinki, Turku and Tampere". Helsinki Times. 4 February 2019.
  5. "Helsinki – Kouvola direct link "not economically viable"". International Rail Journal. 5 April 2019.
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