Luoma railway station

Luoma (Finnish) or Bobäck (Swedish) was a station on the VR commuter rail network located in Kirkkonummi, Finland, between the stations of Mankki and Masala. The station had two tracks, with track one serving trains towards Kirkkonummi and track two towards Helsinki. The station was opened in 1932, then named as Nokka. In that time, there was another station named Luoma, located about a kilometer more towards Helsinki. The station was out of use between 1944 and 1956, as the Porkkala Cape served as a Soviet military base and the frontier passed through the station. When the original Luoma station was abolished in 1978, the Nokka station was renamed as Luoma.[1] Because of very low number of passengers, the station was closed a day after neighbouring station Mankki on 27 March 2016.[2]

Luoma
Bobäck
VR station
LocationLuomankuja, 02440 Kirkkonummi
Owned byFinnish Transport Agency
Platforms2
Construction
Structure typeground station / halt
History
Opened1932
Closed1944
Rebuilt1956
Electrified1969
Passengers
145 (Spring 2008)

Connections

Only the U and L trains between Kirkkonummi and Helsinki stopped at Luoma, the faster S line did not. The Y train towards Karis ran through the station but did not stop.

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-09-26. Retrieved 2013-09-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Major changes to public transport in 2016 – Metro extended to Espoo
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