Nuppulinna railway station

Nuppulinna (Finnish: Nuppulinnan seisake, Swedish: Nuppulinna hållplats) is a closed railway station in Tuusula, Finland. It was located along the Helsinki–Riihimäki railway, and its neighboring stations at the time of closing were Purola in the south and Jokela in the north.

Nuppulinna
VR station
LocationNuppulinnanmutka 56, 05430
Nuppulinna, Tuusula
Finland
Coordinates60°31′45″N 025°01′10″E
Owned byFinnish Transport Agency
Operated byVR Group
Line(s)Helsinki–Riihimäki railway
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
ArchitectJarl Ungern
Other information
Station codeNup
ClassificationHalt
History
Opened1886
Closed27 March 2016 (2016-03-27)
Passengers
2015154 daily[1]
Discontinued services
Preceding station Helsinki commuter rail Following station
Purola
towards Helsinki
 H Jokela
towards Riihimäki

History

Nuppulinna was founded as a platform (Finnish: laituri) in 1886. It received its first station building in 1922 with the transfer of an old station house from Käpylä; it was then replaced by a brand new building designed by Jarl Ungern in 1930. The Finnish state had gained possession of the lands of Nuppulinna during the land acquisition operations related to the imminent building of the Helsinki–Hämeenlinna railway, and it became home to the official gardening facilities of the Finnish State Railways in the 1950s. The farmlands' significance for this purpose grew further in the 1960s as the FSR built a new greenhouse in Nuppulinna in 1962, where it then transferred the operations of its former garden in Hyvinkää. This garden was closed in 2002.

Nuppulinna was again made an unmanned halt in 1972 and its station building was demolished in 1995. The former cross-platform pedestrian level crossing was replaced by an underpass in 1999.[2] Nuppulinna continued to act as a halt on the Helsinki commuter rail network until its closing in 27 March 2016.

Services
Main article: Helsinki commuter rail § Former services

Until its closing, Nuppulinna was served by line H on the Helsinki commuter rail network.

References
  1. Esiselvitys lähiliikenteen uusista seisakkeista Kerava–Riihimäki- ja Kerava–Lahti-väleillä (PDF). Helsinki: Finnish Transport Agency. 2015. p. 30. ISBN 978-952-317-142-8. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. Iltanen, Jussi (2009). Radan varrella: Suomen rautatieliikennepaikat (in Finnish). ISBN 978-951-593-214-3.
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