Mankki railway station ( fi, Mankin rautatieasema, sv, Mankby hållplats) was a station on the

VR commuter rail VR commuter rail ( fi, VR:n lähiliikenne, ) is a Finnish commuter rail system operated by VR – the national railway operator of Finland – under a public service obligation agreement with the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Fin ...

network located in

Espoo Espoo (, ; sv, Esbo) is a city and municipality in the region of Uusimaa in the Republic of Finland. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordering the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi ...

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, between the stations of

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and Luoma. The station had two tracks, with track one serving trains towards

Kirkkonummi Kirkkonummi (; sv, Kyrkslätt, , Sweden ) is a Municipalities of Finland, municipality of inhabitants () in southern Finland. The literal meaning of the words "''Kirkkonummi''" and "''Kyrkslätt''" in English language, English is "church heath". ...

and the other towards

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

. The platform in the direction of Helsinki is a very rare wooden platform. Mankki was the least used station in the

area, with only 60-100 passengers per day before its closure. Because of the very low number of passengers, the station was closed on 27th of March 2016.

Connections

Only the U and early morning/late night L trains between

and

stopped at Mankki giving approximately an hourly service, but the faster S trains did not stop. The regional Y trains between

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and Helsinki also passed through the station without stopping.

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Railway stations in Espoo Railway stations closed in 2016 Defunct railway stations in Finland {{Finland-railstation-stub