Ilmala railway station
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Ilmala | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Helsinki commuter rail station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Postintaival, 00230 Helsinki Postrutten, 00230 Helsingfors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 60°12′28″N 024°55′16″E / 60.20778°N 24.92111°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Finnish Transport Agency | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | bus lines 23, 23N, 50, 57, 59 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | ground station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | 2,165 daily[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ilmala railway station (Finnish: Ilmalan rautatieasema, Swedish: Ilmala järnvägsstation) is a railway station on the VR commuter rail network located in northern Helsinki, Finland. It is approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of Helsinki Central railway station. The VR Group maintains a depot north of the station.
Station
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Look to south
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Station and the TV tower
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Platform and sign
Ilmala depot
North of the Ilmala station, in Pohjois-Pasila between the two branches of the railway which go respectively to Huopalahti and Tikkurila, a large space is used for the VR train and bus depot (Ilmalan varikko) and for a Posti sorting centre (Postinkeskus or Posti lajittelukeskus) and related offices.
Near the tracks, VR has built a 100,000 m³ depot to accumulate excess snow which cannot be eliminated by the snow-melting field in Pasila. The depot can also melt snow with heat from the return water of the buildings' heating which uses district heating provided by Helen.[2]
Helsinki operating point
Ilmala is one part of the split railway operating point of Helsinki, the other parts of which include the passenger stations of Helsinki, Pasila, Käpylä and Oulunkylä, the Pasila freight and car loading stations, the Ilmala depot and the Helsinki Kivihaka crossover.[3]
References
- ^ "HSL:n nousijamäärät" (in Finnish). Helsinki Regional Transport Authority. 2016.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) (under "Ilmalan asema") - ^ "Ilmala's snow-melting field operating on district heat in use for the first time". 2019-02-07.
- ^ Railway Network Statement 2021 (PDF). Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. June 18, 2020. p. 92-93.
External links
Media related to Ilmala railway station at Wikimedia Commons