Louhela railway station

Louhela railway station (Finnish: Louhelan rautatieasema, Swedish: Klippsta järnvägsstation) is a VR commuter rail station located in Vantaa, Finland. It is approximately thirteen kilometres north of Helsinki Central railway station.

Louhela
Klippsta
Helsinki commuter rail station
LocationPatotie 1, 01600
Myyrmäki, Vantaa
Finland
Coordinates60°16′14″N 024°51′12″E
Owned byCity of Vantaa
Line(s)Ring Rail Line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Train operatorsVR on behalf of HSL
Connections
  Helsinki buses
Construction
Structure typeground station
Other information
Station codeLoh
Fare zoneB
ClassificationHalt[1]
History
Opened1 June 1975 (1975-06-01)
Passengers
20161,946 daily[2]
Services
Preceding station Helsinki commuter rail Following station
Martinlaakso
towards Helsinki via Airport
 I Myyrmäki
One-way operation
Myyrmäki
One-way operation
 P Martinlaakso
towards Helsinki via Airport
Location

The station is served by circular lines I and P, and is between the stations of Myyrmäki and Martinlaakso.

There are two platforms serving both north and southbound trains, one lift and a waiting room. Many local bus connections are available nearby.

History
Entry for the station

The residential area of Louhela, built in Vantaa in the 1960s (then still known as Helsingin maalaiskunta), was designed to revolve around a metro station, placed in the intersection of the streets of Louhelantie and Uomatie. As the municipality along with the city of Helsinki took upon the planning of a commuter rail line instead, the idea of a station in Louhela was not originally in the cards as it and the rest of Myyrmäki were meant to be served by a single station by the name of Etelä-Vantaa. The plan was canned as the planned line was moved further east in 1971.[3]

The station building was funded by the city of Vantaa. Its building process was burdened by delays, and despite the original date for the opening of the line being in the autumn of 1974, the Louhela station was finished on 23 April 1975.[4]

The station building's walls were adorned with street art in 2018 as part of a project funded by the city. Eleven artists were assigned to paint their personal interpretation of the poem Jokiyöt, written by poet Vesa Haapala.[5]

References
  1. Railway Network Statement 2021 (PDF). Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. 11 December 2020. p. 96. ISBN 978-952-317-744-4. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. "HSL:n nousijamäärät" (in Finnish). Helsinki Regional Transport Authority. 2016. (under "Louhelan asema")
  3. Iltanen, Jussi. Radan varrella: Suomen rautatieliikennepaikat (in Finnish). p. 47. ISBN 978-951-593-214-3.
  4. Oksanen, Jarmo. "Martinlaakson rata 40 vuotta". Resiina (in Finnish) (4/2015). p. 28-41. ISSN 0356-0600.
  5. Massinen, Tuomas (3 August 2018). "Louhelan aseman runouksellinen katutaideteos valmistui – Avajaisissa kuka tahansa voi esittää oman hengentuotteen". Vantaan Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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