Kera railway station

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.

Kera
VR station
LocationKutojantie 17, 02630
Espoo
Finland
Coordinates60°12′58″N 24°45′14″E
Owned byFinnish Transport Infrastructure Agency
Operated byVR Group on behalf of HSL
Line(s)Rantarata
Platforms2 (side platforms)
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeKea
Fare zoneB
History
Opened11 April 1946 (1946-04-11)
Passengers
20161,472 daily[1]
Services
Preceding station   VR commuter rail   Following station
E
toward Kauklahti
U
L

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.

References
  1. "HSL:n nousijamäärät" (in Finnish). Helsinki Regional Transport Authority. 2016. (under "Keran asema")
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