Tikkurila railway station

Tikkurila Dickursby
VR station
Location	Ratatie 11, 01300 Vantaa
Coordinates	60°17′38″N 25°2′42″E / 60.29389°N 25.04500°ECoordinates: 60°17′38″N 25°2′42″E / 60.29389°N 25.04500°E
Owned by	Finnish Transport Agency
Platforms	2 island platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks	6
Connections	Helsinki buses
Construction
Disabled access	2
History
Opened	1862
Traffic
Passengers (2005)	18,000 daily
Services
Preceding station   Helsinki commuter rail   Following station Puistola toward Helsinki Central I/P Hiekkaharju toward Helsinki Central Pasila toward Helsinki Central D Järvenpää toward Riihimäki R Kerava toward Riihimäki Puistola toward Helsinki Central T Hiekkaharju toward Riihimäki N Hiekkaharju toward Kerava K Pasila toward Helsinki Central Z Kerava toward Lahti Finnish Railways Pasila toward Helsinki Central Helsinki-Tampere Riihimäki (express) toward Tampere Kerava (local) toward Tampere Helsinki-Lahti Lahti (express) Terminus Kerava (local) toward Lahti

Tikkurila station (Finnish: Tikkurilan rautatieasema, Swedish: Dickursby station) (IATA: HVT) is located in Tikkurila, the administrative centre of Vantaa in the Helsinki metropolitan area. It is located approximately 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from Helsinki Central railway station and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Helsinki Airport. The station is considered the main railway station of Vantaa, and nearly all long-distance and most commuter trains stop at Tikkurila.

Tikkurila was one of the first seven railway stations in Finland constructed together with the country's first railway between Helsinki and Hämeenlinna in 1862. It was also the only one apart from the two terminus stations to be built out of brick and not wood. The old station was converted into a museum in the 1970s, and a new, more modern station was built to the north of the old one.

There are frequent bus connections from Tikkurila station to Helsinki Airport, located 5 km to the west of the station, and the Kehärata connects it to the Airport railway station.^[1]

In preparation for the new Ring Rail Line, the station was extensively rebuilt with new concourse above the tracks including waiting areas and a shopping mall.

• 
  The station building (before being rebuilt in 2015)
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  Northbound InterCity train
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  View of the new station from the south

References

1. http://portal.liikennevirasto.fi/sivu/www/f/hankkeet/kaynnissa/keharata#.U6lVP7Hps28

External links

Media related to Tikkurila railway station at Wikimedia Commons