Ilmala railway station

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.

Ilmala
VR station
Location	Postintaival, 00230 Helsinki Postrutten, 00230 Helsingfors
Coordinates	60°12′28″N 024°55′16″E
Owned by	Finnish Transport Agency
Platforms	1
Connections	bus lines 23, 23N, 50, 57, 59
Construction
Structure type	ground station
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	A
Traffic
Passengers (2005)	2,600 daily
Services
Preceding station   VR commuter rail   Following station Pasila toward Helsinki Central L Huopalahti toward Kirkkonummi A Huopalahti toward Leppävaara I/P Huopalahti toward Helsinki Central

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.[1]

References

1. "Ilmala's snow-melting field operating on district heat in use for the first time". 2019-02-07.

External links

Media related to Ilmala railway station at Wikimedia Commons