Helsinki Airport station ( fi, Lentoaseman rautatieasema, sv, Flygplatsens järnvägsstation) is a
Helsinki commuter rail
Helsinki commuter rail ( fi, Helsingin seudun lähijunaliikenne, sv, Huvudstadsregionens närtrafik) is a commuter rail system serving Greater Helsinki and the surrounding county of Uusimaa. The system is a joint venture between the regional t ...
station located at
Helsinki Airport
Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (; fi, Helsinki-Vantaan lentoasema, sv, Helsingfors-Vanda flygplats), or simply Helsinki Airport, is the main international airport of the city of Helsinki, its surrounding Greater Helsinki, metropolitan area, and the ...
in
Vantaa
Vantaa (; sv, Vanda, ) is a city and Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. It is part of the inner core of the Greater Helsinki, Finnish Capital Region along with Helsinki, Espoo, and Kauniainen. With a population of (), Vantaa i ...
,
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
.
Helsinki Airport station is on the
Ring Rail Line
The Ring Rail Line ( fi, Kehärata, sv, Ringbanan; formerly ''Marjarata'') is a railway route in the area of the city of Vantaa, in the Greater Helsinki Metropolitan Area of Finland. It connects Helsinki-Vantaa Airport and the adjacent Aviapolis ...
, located between the stations of
Aviapolis
Aviapolis is a business, retail, entertainment, and housing marketing brand area in central Vantaa, Finland, covering roughly , including Finland's main airline hub and airport, Helsinki Airport.
The term is officially used as the name of one of ...
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. The escalators for the terminal-side exit were finally brought into use on 17 March 2016.
Future proposals
As part of ongoing plans for
high-speed rail in Finland
Although Finland has no dedicated high-speed rail lines, sections of its rail network are capable of running speeds of . The Finnish national railway company VR operates tilting Alstom Pendolino trains. The trains reach their maximum speed of 220& ...
, Helsinki Airport station would be linked to Helsinki Central via a direct tunnel (a project known as
Lentorata
The ''Lentorata'' ('Flight track') is a planned railway line in Finland, designed to link Helsinki Airport to the Finnish long-distance railway network and to complement the current airport connection via the Ring Rail Line. Construction of the l ...
), surfacing at
Kerava
Kerava (; sv, Kervo) is a town and municipality within the Uusimaa region of Finland. The municipalities of Vantaa, Sipoo and Tuusula are adjacent to Kerava, which is part of the Helsinki metropolitan area.
The town has a population of () an ...
and continuing to
Tampere Central, at an estimated cost of €5.5 billion.
Proposals exist to connect
Kouvola railway station
The Kouvola railway station ( fi, Kouvolan rautatieasema, sv, Kouvola järnvägsstation) is located in the city of Kouvola in Finland.
The Kouvola railway station is an important crossing point station. It is located about from the Helsinki Cen ...
to Helsinki via a new 106 km line,
Itärata
Itärata ( en, East Rail) is a proposed railway line in the planning stage to provide a more direct connection between Helsinki and Kouvola, Finland than the current route via Kerava and Lahti.
History
Plans for a railway line to run east of Hel ...
(Eastrail), through
Porvoo
Porvoo (; sv, Borgå ; la, Borgoa) is a city and a municipality in the Uusimaa region of Finland, situated on the southern coast about east of the city border of Helsinki and about from the city centre. Porvoo was one of the six medieval to ...
and Helsinki Airport station.
References
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Railway stations in Vantaa
Railway stations opened in 2015
2015 establishments in Finland
Airport railway stations
Railway stations located underground