Leppävaara station (, ) is a railway station located in

Leppävaara Leppävaara () is a district of Espoo, a city in Finland. The Rantarata rail line and the Ring Road I, the busiest road in Finland, cross in Leppävaara, thus making it a major traffic hub in the Greater Helsinki region. The Sello Shopping Cent ...

, a district of the city of

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. It is located about to the northwest of Helsinki Central.

History

Near the construction site of the Rantarata line was the financial building of the Alberga Manor. In 1905, the municipality of Espoo sought permission to build a railway stop in place of the manor, but this permission was denied. However, suburban settlement rapidly started appearing near the manor, so it was necessary to build a railway stop.Iltanen, Jussi: ''Radan varrella: Suomen rautatieliikennepaikat'' (2nd edition), p. 24. Helsinki: Finnish Map Centre 2010. Leppävaara station was built in 1903 and the first station building in 1907. In 1920, a tightly-populated community was founded from the suburban area according to a

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plan made by

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. The suburban settlement also spread to the north of the station, where the Harakka area was founded, now known as the district of Lintuvaara. Traffic arrangements at the Leppävaara railway station were changed in 1965, when a rapidly trafficked local road was drawn over the tracks via an overpass bridge; the Ring I beltway currently runs at the site. The station area started to become a population centre, where a modern Maxi-Market store was opened in 1972. Cargo traffic at the Leppävaara railway station was discontinued in 1975, but passenger traffic was improved by building an underpass tunnel in the following year. The greatest change occurred in autumn 1999 when the station building was torn down to build a new railroad track in Leppävaara and a new terminal. The significance of the Leppävaara railway station has increased in the 21st century as many bus lines previously going to

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

have been directed to Leppävaara to serve as feeder traffic for local commuter trains. The Sello shopping centre has brought more traffic to the station since late 2002, the latter part having been completed in autumn 2005. The shopping centre is located right next to Leppävaara station.

Connections

All local trains to Siuntio (Y and X trains),

Kirkkonummi Kirkkonummi (; , , Sweden ) is a municipality in Finland, located in the southern coast of the country. Kirkkonummi is situated in the western part of the Uusimaa region. The population of Kirkkonummi is approximately . It is the most populous Mu ...

(U train) and Kauklahti (E train) stop at Leppävaara, in addition to all

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and

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services from

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and Turku Satama (Turku Harbour). Long-distance trains between Helsinki and Turku have stopped at Leppävaara since 25 October 2015, before this they stopped at Espoo railway station in Espoon keskus. The construction of the new track in 2002 caused part of the train schedules and stops to be rearranged, and introduced the A train, stopping at all stations.

Service

Departure tracks

There are four tracks at the Leppävaara railway station all of which have a platform for passenger trains. * Track 1 is used by commuter trains to Kauklahti, to Kirkkonummi, to Siuntio and to Hanko as well as by westbound long-distance trains to

. * Track 2 is used by commuter trains , , and as well as by eastbound long-distance trains to Helsinki. * Track 3 is used by line commuter train to Helsinki departing at 06:26 on weekday mornings. * Track 4 is used by commuter trains and to Helsinki as well as by the commuter train to Kirkkonummi. Leppävaara - Train Departures - Fintraffic
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References

External links

Leppävaara Railway stations in Espoo Railway stations in Finland opened in 1903 {{Finland-railstation-stub