Tikkurila railway station
Tikkurila station is located in Tikkurila, the administrative centre of Vantaa in the Helsinki metropolitan area. It is located approximately from Helsinki Central railway station and from Helsinki Airport. The station is considered the main railway station of Vantaa, and almost all long-distance and [Helsinki Helsinki commuter rail|commuter rail|commuter] trains stop here.
History
Tikkurila was one of the first seven railway stations in Finland founded on the country's first railway between Helsinki and Hämeenlinna in 1862. Out of the intermediate stations, Tikkurila, Riihimäki and Turenki were supposed to be built out of brick, but eventually Tikkurila ended up being the only intermediate station to have a station building built out of brick. The Renaissance Revival style brick building designed by architect Carl Albert Edelfelt was completed in 1861.As the railway station was opened, the population of Tikkurila started to grow. In 1865 the population was still 300 but by the turn of the century it had doubled. By 1950, the population was nearly 5,000 and two decades later it was already above 20,000.
A new station building was opened in 1978. The old station building from 1861 currently houses the Vantaa City Museum, opened in December 1990. The Finnish Heritage Agency has classified the former station building as a nationally significant built cultural environment.
On January 1, 2015, the new station/retail building Dixi was opened, replacing the previous station building from 1978.
Connections
The station is a local transportation hub. Bus services include local neighbourhood service by a minibus and various connections inside Vantaa as well as regional services to Helsinki. Among the more important services running via Tikkurila station is the service 570, which connects the station to the Jumbo shopping centre, Aviapolis, and Flamingo in the west to Hakunila, Jakomäki and Mellunmäki (metro station) in the east on a 24-hour-basis. The 570 bus service will be replaced by the under-construction Vantaa light rail, which will cross under the station in a tunnel.Since the completion of the Ring Rail Line the station has a frequent rail connection to Helsinki-Vantaa Airport some 5 km to the west of the station as well western parts of Vantaa with the northbound I-train service. All southbound services end at the Helsinki Central railway station.
Departure tracks
There are six tracks at Tikkurila railway station all of which have a platform for passenger trains- Track 1 is used by southbound long-distance trains and commuter trains, and to Helsinki.
- Tracks 2 and 3 are used by northbound long-distance trains towards Riihimäki and Lahti.
- Track 4 is used by commuter trains and to Riihimäki as well as to Lahti.
- Track 5 is used by commuter trains to the Helsinki Airport as well as and towards Kerava.
- Track 6 is used by commuter trains, and to Helsinki.