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Mäkkylä Railway Station
Mäkkylä is a station on the VR commuter rail network, between the cities of Helsinki and Espoo in Finland. It is situated between Pitäjänmäki railway station and Leppävaara railway station and is about nine kilometres northwest of Helsinki Central railway station. History The locals of western Leppävaara had made requests regarding the opening of a halt on the ''rantarata'' numerous times since 1912; Mäkkylä was opened on 15 June 1940 on this initiative. The name was proposed by the Finnish State Railways in honor of the crown estate of Mäkkylä, from which the land around the railway in the area was gained. Initially, only westbound trains stopped on the halt due to a nearby steep incline causing issues for departing eastbound trains. Another platform for eastbound trains was eventually constructed and opened for traffic on 28 October of the same year. The Vermo harness racing track was opened close by in 1977; previously, special trains were driven to Mäkkylä on r ...
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VR Group
VR-Group Plc (, ), commonly known as VR, is a government-owned railway company in Finland. VR's most important function is the operation of Finland's passenger rail services with 250 long-distance and 800 commuter rail services every day. With 7,500 employees and net sales of €1,251 million in 2017, VR is one of the most significant operators in the Finnish public transport market area. VR was created in 1995 after being known as , Finnish: Suomen Valtion Rautatiet (Finnish State Railways) from 1862 to 1922, and ''Valtionrautatiet'' ('State Railways', ) from 1922 to 1995. As part of the concern, Avecra is a subsidiary for onboard catering service, Pohjolan Liikenne for bus traffic, VR Track for developing and maintaining of infrastructure and VR Transpoint for freight. Since 2017, its headquarters is located at the building, previously occupied by the state-owned broadcasting company Yle, in northern-central Helsinki. History Rail transport started in Finland in 1862 be ...
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Helsinki Central Railway Station
Helsinki Central Station (, ) (List of IATA-indexed railway stations, HEC) is the main station for commuter rail and long-distance trains departing from Helsinki, Finland. About 200,000 people "pass through the station" every day, half of whom are train passengers. The station serves as the terminus for all trains in the Helsinki commuter rail, Helsinki commuter rail network, as well as for all Helsinki-bound long-distance trains in Finland. The Central railway station metro station (Helsinki), Rautatientori (Central Railway Station) metro station is located in the same building. The railway tracks in Helsinki were built in the 1860s. The station building, clad in granite, was designed by Eliel Saarinen and inaugurated in 1919. The building is known for its clock tower and the ''Lyhdynkantajat'' ("The Lantern Bearers") statues by Emil Wikström. Helsinki Central was chosen as one of the world's most beautiful railway stations by BBC in 2013. The Helsinki Central Station has become ...
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Public Transport In Helsinki
Public transport in Helsinki consists of bus, tram, metro, local railway and ferry services. The system is managed by the Helsinki Regional Transport Authority (, or HSL) and covers Helsinki, Espoo, Kauniainen, Vantaa and the outlying Kerava, Kirkkonummi, Sipoo and Tuusula. Until the August 9, 2021 opening of the Tampere light rail, Helsinki was the only Finnish city to have a tram system. The city of Turku dismantled its tram system in 1972, and Finland lost the city of Vyborg to the USSR in World War II and the city subsequently withdrew its trams in 1957. In 2017, construction started on a tram line in the city of Tampere; services are scheduled to initiate in 2021. 50% of commuting trips within the city limits of Helsinki are made using public transport and only 28% using a private car, while 48% of the households have access to a car. For comparison, Helsinki's public transport system has a higher ridership than any city in the U.S. except New York. The Helsinki Metro, opened ...
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Helsinki City Bikes
Helsinki City Bikes ( Finnish: ''Kaupunkipyörät'' or ''Alepa-fillarit'', Swedish: ''Stadscyklar'') is a public bicycle system in Helsinki and Espoo and integrating with the rest of the public transport in Helsinki since May 2016. It is operated as a public-private partnership between Helsinki Regional Transport Authority (HSL), Helsinki City Transport (HKL), Espoo Technical and Environment Services, Moventia and Smoove. History The City of Helsinki had similar bike share program to Copenhagen City Bikes (also cancelled) from 2000 until 2010 when it was terminated in owing to funding issues and ongoing vandalism that required costly repairs and replacement of bicycles. Since the demise of first City Bikes, Helsinki City Transport was negotiating with JCDecaux Finland for a new bike share system. The system would have included 500 bikes and 34 stands in downtown Helsinki, modeled after the Paris Vélib' program, with part of the program costs to be paid by commercial busine ...
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Park And Ride
A park and ride, also known as incentive parking or a commuter lot, is a parking lot with public transport connections that allows commuters and other people heading to city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, Rail transport, rail system (rapid transit, light rail, or commuter rail), or carpool for the remainder of the journey. The vehicle is left in the parking lot during the day and retrieved when the owner returns. Park and rides are generally located in the suburbs of metropolitan areas or on the outer edges of large cities. A park and ride that only offers parking for meeting a carpool and not connections to public transport may also be called a park and pool. Park and ride is abbreviated as "P+R" on road signs in some countries, and is often styled as "Park & Ride" in marketing. Adoption In Sweden, a tax has been introduced on the benefit of free or cheap parking paid by an employer, if workers would otherwise have to pay. The tax has reduced the number o ...
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Kirkkonummi Railway Station
Kirkkonummi railway station (, ) is a railway station in the municipality of Kirkkonummi, Finland, between Siuntio railway station and Tolsa railway station. It is located in the municipal town centre. Kirkkonummi railway station serves as the terminus for the and most trains of the Helsinki commuter rail system and is also served by and trains to Siuntio and thrice-weekly trains to Hanko. Most of the long-distance trains between Helsinki and Turku used to stop at Kirkkonummi station until 2016. Nowadays only some few long-distance services make a stop at Kirkkonummi. The station has also three VR bus departures to Karis via Ingå on weekdays. History Kirkkonummi railway station was one of the most significant intermediate stations on the Helsinki–Karis railway (Rantarata), opened in 1903. The station building designed by Bruno Granholm was completed in the same year, with a design similar to the one used for the station building at the Kauklahti station in Espoo. ...
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Gummerus
Gummerus Oy is a Finnish media group that was founded in Jyväskylä in 1872 by Karl Jacob Gummerus. In 1985, it moved its headquarters from Jyväskylä to Helsinki. In 2008, it had an annual turnover of EUR 26,9 million. Annually, it publishes approximately 200 new titles, which are sold in bookstores, department stores and book clubs. Gummerus Oy consists of four divisions: * Gummerus Kustannus Oy * Kielikone Oy * Kirjatori Oy * Gummerus Kiinteistöt Oy In December 2009 Gummerus and Sanoma agreed on an arrangement concerning the merger of WS Bookwell and Gummerus Printing. As a result of the arrangement, Gummerus Oy became a shareholder in the new Bookwell Oy with a 20% holding. In May 2001 Gummerus Publishers acquired an independent, smaller publishing firm by the name of Ajatus Kustannusosakeyhtiö, and ''Ajatus Kirjat'' remains an editorially independent non-fiction entity within the main publishing firm. Jaakko Syrjä served as an editor. Establish ...
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Leppävaara City Line
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 Centre is also located in Leppävaara. History Leppävaara before the railway line There is evidence of residence in Leppävaara already in the Stone Age. There is a burial pile from the Bronze Age in the Leppävaara sports park, near the exercise path leading to Karakallio. The medieval village hill of Konungsböle is located near the golf practice ground on Säterinniitty at the end of Leppävaarantie. The Alberga manor was founded in the area in the 1620. The Leppävaara manor is also located in the area, and the Kilo manor is located nearby. The oldest surviving building in Leppävaara is the Gransinmäki inn built in the 1830s, located on Vanha Maantie. The best known and most historically significant build is the new main building of ...
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Vermo
Vermo (in Finnish: ''Vermon ravirata'') is the largest harness racing track in Finland. The track was opened in 1977. It is located in the Leppävaara district of Espoo, but is officially regarded as the racecourse of the neighbouring Helsinki. Length of the track is 1000 metres and width 24–26 metres. Notable race is Finlandia-Ajo. In 2023, it was disclosed that the racetrack received over 6 million euros in Finnish government subsidies the previous year. From 2020 to 2022, the track was subsidized by 18 million in public subsidies. In 2024, the city of Helsinki proposed plans to turn the racetrack into a dense residential area. References External links The official homepage of Vermo
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Rantarata
Rantarata (the Coastal Railway, Swedish: Kustbanan), is a railway running between Helsinki Central Station and Turku Central Station in Finland. Its first segment, linking Turku to Karis, was commissioned in 1895, and work began the following year. The Turku–Karis track was opened for temporary traffic on 1 April 1899 and for permanent use on 1 November 1899. The second part of the Rantarata, linking Karis to Helsinki, was approved in 1897 and opened for traffic in 1902–1903. The track was built to primarily serve commuter traffic and was therefore laid out with many curves and as few tunnels and expensive earthworks as possible. This resulted in a series of corrections and straightening of curves, a work which began in the 1910s and continued all the way to the 1990s. As a part of the original plan, all of the stations along the Rantarata featured wooden station houses designed by the architect Bruno Granholm. Over the years many of these wood station building had be ...
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Leppävaara Railway Station
Leppävaara station (, ) is a railway station located in Leppävaara, a district of the city of Espoo in Finland. 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 zoning plan made by Lars Sonck. The suburban settlement also spread to the north of the station, where the Harakka area was founded, now known as the district of Lintuvaara. ...
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