Malminkartano railway station

Malminkartano railway station (Finnish: Malminkartanon rautatieasema, Swedish: Malmgårds järnvägsstation) is a railway station on the Helsinki commuter rail network located in northern Helsinki, Finland. It is located approximately eleven kilometres to the north of Helsinki Central railway station.

Malminkartano
Malmgård
Helsinki commuter rail station
LocationLuutnantintie, 00410
Malminkartano, Helsinki
Finland
Coordinates60°14′48″N 024°51′50″E
Owned byCity of Helsinki
Line(s)Ring Rail Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Connections
  Helsinki buses
Construction
Structure typeTunnel station
Other information
Station codeMlo
Fare zoneB
ClassificationHalt[1]
History
Opened5 April 1978 (1978-28-05)
Passengers
20163,915 daily[2]
Services
Preceding station Helsinki commuter rail Following station
Myyrmäki
towards Helsinki via Airport
 I Kannelmäki
One-way operation
Kannelmäki
One-way operation
 P Myyrmäki
towards Helsinki via Airport
Location

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

History
Malminkartano railway station (2010)

While most of the Martinlaakso line was opened in June 1975, Malminkartano was not one of its original stations as the suburbs around it were still under heavy construction around the time. Unlike the other stations on the line which had 220 metres (720 ft) long platforms, the ones at Malminkartano were built longer at 280 metres (920 ft), in anticipation of increases in passenger numbers, leading to a need to use Sm1/Sm2 combos longer than four units. The station was opened just under three years later, on 28 May 1978. It became the first station in the country to be located in a tunnel.[3]

Trains initially stopped in the south side of the tunnel. As the construction of residential buildings in Malminkartano reached the plots north of the tunnel, the stopping point was moved to its midway point to function as a compromise between the original residents south of the tunnel and the new users of the station to its north.[3]

In 1982, the tunnel's walls were painted with the country's first artistic graffiti, and then again in 1995 as part of a project with the participation of over 40 local artists. The works were eventually covered by illegally painted graffitis, which prompted the city of Helsinki to cover the entire wall with grey paint in 2004. The graffitis returned in October 2017 as part of a project arranged by the city, Helsinki City Transport and several other municipal actors, along with three sponsors from the paint industry.[4]

References
  1. Railway Network Statement 2021 (PDF). Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. 11 December 2020. p. 96. ISBN 978-952-317-744-4. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  2. "HSL:n nousijamäärät" (in Finnish). Helsinki Regional Transport Authority. 2016. (under "Malminkartanon asema")
  3. Oksanen, Jarmo. "Martinlaakson rata 40 vuotta". Resiina (in Finnish) (4/2015). p. 28-41. ISSN 0356-0600.
  4. Jokinen, Riikka (5 October 2017). "Malminkartanon asema saa taas jättimäisen graffitin – mukana 50 taiteilijaa". Helsingin Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 January 2021.
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