Vantaankoski railway station
Railway station in Vantaa, Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Vantaankoski Vandaforsen | ||||||||||||||||
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Helsinki commuter rail station | ||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | Kivivuorentie 16, 01620 Martinlaakso, Vantaa Finland | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 60°17′09″N 24°50′53″E | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Finnish Transport Agency | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Ring Rail Line | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Train operators | VR on behalf of HSL | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | ground station | |||||||||||||||
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Station code | Vks | |||||||||||||||
Fare zone | B | |||||||||||||||
Classification | Halt[1] | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 2 September 1991 (1991-09-02) | |||||||||||||||
Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
2019 | 979,455[2] | |||||||||||||||
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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.