Vantaankoski railway station

Railway station in Vantaa, Finland

60°17′09″N 24°50′53″E / 60.2859°N 24.8481°E / 60.2859; 24.8481Owned byFinnish Transport AgencyLine(s)Ring Rail LinePlatforms1 island platformTracks2Train operatorsVR on behalf of HSLConnections

Helsinki buses

ConstructionStructure typeground stationOther informationStation codeVksFare zoneBClassificationHalt^[1]HistoryOpened2 September 1991 (1991-09-02)Passengers2019979,455^[2] Services

Preceding station	Helsinki commuter rail			Following station
Vehkala One-way operation		I counterclockwise via Tikkurila		Martinlaakso towards Helsinki
Martinlaakso One-way operation		P clockwise via Myyrmäki		Vehkala towards Helsinki via Airport

Location

Vantaankoski railway station (Finnish: Vantaankosken rautatieasema, Swedish: Vandaforsens järnvägsstation) is a Helsinki commuter rail station located in Vantaa, Finland. It is approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of the Helsinki Central railway station.

The station is part of the Ring Rail Line (Kehärata) route, which links Helsinki-Vantaa Airport and central Vantaa with the Helsinki commuter train network. The station was the northbound terminus for the M commuter line from central Helsinki until 2015. The next station to the south is Martinlaakso, which was the northern terminus of the M line until the construction of Vantaankoski in 1991. The station has an island platform and local bus connections are available nearby.

History

In the 1970s, Sanoma engaged in negotiations with the Finnish State Railways over the possibility of extending the Martinlaakso line to reach its new printing facilities in the Martinlaakso district. Although the FSR expressed interest in the project at the time, the negotiations seemingly broke down at some point near the end of the 1970s.^[3]

The city of Vantaa raised the matter once again some 10 years later; its plan was to extend the line over the north side of the Ring III highway, to serve the developing district of Myllymäki. This would not happen at its full extent until the building of the Ring Rail Line, though a 900 metres (0.56 mi) extension from Martinlaakso to Vantaankoski was opened on 2 September 1991. The new station underwent several changes of name over the course of the project; from Sanomala (deemed inappropriate due to the direct reference to a private company), to Tyttökumpu (after a nearby residential area), to finally Vantaankoski, which the city of Vantaa had proposed.^[3]

The station was thoroughly rebuilt during the Ring Rail Line project. A brand new pedestrian bridge over the north side of the platforms was built, establishing a new connection for use by arriving and departing passengers.^[4]

Services

Vantaankoski is served by lines I and P to the Helsinki Airport on the Helsinki commuter rail network. Both of these lines make stops at all stations on their routes. P trains to the airport stop on track 1, while I trains to Helsinki use track 2.^[5] The station has a HSL ticket vending machine, as well as elevators and 55 centimetres (22 in) high platforms for accessibility.^[6]^[1]

HSL bus connections are provided with the Vantaankosken asema terminus on the east side of the station, as well as the Kivivuorentie stops on the streets of Kivivuorentie and Martinkyläntie. The terminus is accompanied by a Vantaa city bike terminal. Park and ride services are provided with a parking lot on the western side. The Vantaankoski station, as well as its surrounding bus stops, belong to HSL fare zone B.^[6]

Gallery

Southern entrance on Martinkyläntie
Bus terminus on Kivivuorentie
The station being rebuilt in 2012

References

^ ^a ^b Railway Network Statement 2021 (PDF). Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. 18 June 2020. p. 93. ISBN 978-952-317-744-4. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
^ "Matkustajalaskenta - liikennepaikkojen matkustajamäärät - (summa)". tietopyynto.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b Oksanen, Jarmo. "Martinlaakson rata 40 vuotta". Resiina (in Finnish). No. 4/2015. pp. 28–41. ISSN 0356-0600.
^ Tapola, Tehanu. "Kehäradan rakentaminen ja käyttöönotto - osa 1". Resiina (in Finnish). No. 3/2015. p. 9. ISSN 0356-0600.
^ "Reittikartat: Lähijunaliikenne" (PDF) (in English, Finnish, and Swedish). Helsinki Regional Transport Authority. August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Asemakartat: Vantaankoski" (PDF) (in English, Finnish, and Swedish). Helsinki Regional Transport Authority. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2021.