Tapanila railway station
Tapanila Mosabacka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 60°15′43″N 25°1′40.5″E / 60.26194°N 25.027917°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System | Helsinki commuter rail station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Finnish Transport Agency | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lines | I, P, K, T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | bus lines 74, 74N, 705 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | ground station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2019 | 1,623,986[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tapanila (Finnish) or Mosabacka (Swedish) is a railway station in the Tapanila district of Helsinki, Finland. It is located between the stations of Malmi and Puistola, along the main railroad track from Helsinki to Riihimäki, about 13 kilometres northeast from the Helsinki Central railway station.
History
Tapanila railway station was opened as a small stop in 1907. The stop was originally named Vanda, but was renamed as Mosabacka already in the next year.[2] The first station building was completed in 1910. A new station building was completed in 1939 but was moved to Pikku Huopalahti in 1991.[2] Nowadays Tapanila has no station building.
Departure tracks
Tapanila railway station has two platform tracks for passenger trains (3, 4). Track 1 has a short platform that is unused by the passenger trains that stop at the station and is no longer accessible.[3]
- Track 3 is used by I trains to the Helsinki Airport as well as K and T trains towards Kerava.
- Track 4 is used by P, K and T trains to Helsinki.
References
- ^ "Matkustajalaskenta - liikennepaikkojen matkustajamäärät - (summa)". tietopyynto.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ a b Iltanen, Jussi (2009). Radan varrella (in Finnish). Karttakeskus. p. 54. ISBN 978-951-593-214-3.
- ^ Platform 1 - Tapanila railway station, openstreetmap.org. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ^ Tapanila - Train Departures - Fintraffic, junalahdot.fi. Retrieved 2025-01-26.