Kera railway station

Kera
VR station
General information
Location	Kutojantie 17, 02630 Espoo Finland
Coordinates	60°12′58″N 24°45′14″E
Owned by	Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency
Operated by	VR Group on behalf of HSL
Line(s)	Rantarata
Platforms	2 (side platforms)
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	Kea
Fare zone	B
History
Opened	11 April 1946 (1946-04-11)
Passengers
2016	1,472 daily
Services
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Kera is a station on the VR commuter rail network located in Karamalmi, a district of the city of Espoo in Finland. It is situated between stations Kilo railway station and Kauniainen railway station. It is located about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) to the northwest/west of Helsinki Central railway station.

History

The station is named after a ceramics factory, which took in clay from a nearby field. The factory's names have included:

• Viherlaakson kattotiili OY
• Saviteollisuus OY
• Grankullan Saviteollisuus OY
• Kera OY (from 1936)

The factory's products have included flower pots, Finnish rooster-whistles, pans, trays, tea pots, ash trays and air moisturisers. Particular attention was paid to the usability and stackability of the items.

The factory's business ended in 1958 because of large fires, foreign import of cheap ceramics, the introduction of plastic, and the rise of Arabia as the largest ceramics factory in the Helsinki conurbation.