Käpylä (

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

) or Kottby (

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) is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

in the

Käpylä Käpylä (; sv, Kottby) is a neighbourhood of Helsinki with 7,600 inhabitants. Administratively speaking, Käpylä is a part of the Vanhakaupunki district. It is located between Kumpula, Oulunkylä and Koskela. Käpylä has a terminus for ...

district of

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city ...

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. It is located between the stations of

Pasila Pasila (; sv, Böle, ) is a part of Helsinki, Finland, that is both a central-northern neighbourhood and district, bordering the areas of Alppila to the south, the Central Park ( Keskuspuisto) to the west, and Vallila to the east. Pasila is ...

and

Oulunkylä Oulunkylä ( sv, Åggelby, also known as ''Ogeli'') is a suburb and a neighbourhood of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. It is located north from the center of the city. It has been inhabited since the 13th century. Earlier an independent munic ...

, along the main

railroad Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

track from Helsinki to

Riihimäki Riihimäki (literally "Drying barn hill") is a town and municipality in the south of Finland, about north of Helsinki and southeast of Tampere. An important railway junction is located in Riihimäki, since railway tracks from Riihimäki lead to ...

, about 6 km north from the

Helsinki Central railway station Helsinki Central Station ( fi, Helsingin päärautatieasema, sv, Helsingfors centralstation) ( HEC) is the main station for commuter rail and long-distance trains departing from Helsinki, Finland. The station is used by approximately 400,000 peo ...

History

The Kottby station was opened as a ''pysäkki'' (a station of lower significance, translating to "stop") in 1910, and its first station house was completed in the same year. At the time, it was situated on a nigh entirely uninhabited area on the northern outskirts of Helsinki that had been annexed to the city just four years prior. At this time, the first few kilometers of the

Helsinki–Riihimäki railway Helsinki–Riihimäki railway is a railway running between the Helsinki Central railway station and the Riihimäki railway station in Finland, and it is part of the Finnish Main Line. It was opened in 1862 as a part of the Finland's first railway b ...

ran from the Helsinki central station to the Fredriksberg (currently Pasila) lower rail yard, via the current location of the Ilmala depot. This changed in 1920 as the Fredriksberg station was relocated further east, along with the rest of the Helsinki–Kottby segment. In 1922, a new two-floor station building was constructed; the old, smaller station was moved to Nuppulinna. In 1924, the Panuntie overpass was constructed. It was part of the Tuusulantie road until the motorway section of national road 45 was completed midway through the 1960s. The station had its Finnish name – Käpylä – officialized in 1925. The station lies quite some distance away to the northwest of the suburbs of Käpylä, the bulk of which were built in the interwar period. The station building fell out of use as Käpylä was made an unmanned halt in 1963; it was dismantled at some point towards the end of the 1970s. The station was connected with the Ilmala depot in 1969 with the construction of a siding. As of 2005, Käpylä has been one part of the split railway operating point of Helsinki. The others currently include the passenger stations of

and Ilmala, the Pasila freight and car loading stations, the Ilmala depot and the Helsinki Kivihaka crossover.

Services

On the

Helsinki commuter rail Helsinki commuter rail ( fi, Helsingin seudun lähijunaliikenne, sv, Huvudstadsregionens närtrafik) is a commuter rail system serving Greater Helsinki and the surrounding county of Uusimaa. The system is a joint venture between the regional t ...

network, Käpylä is served by lines K to Kerava, I and P to the

Helsinki Airport Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (; fi, Helsinki-Vantaan lentoasema, sv, Helsingfors-Vanda flygplats), or simply Helsinki Airport, is the main international airport of the city of Helsinki, its surrounding metropolitan area, and the Uusimaa region. ...

, and nighttime line T to

. All of these lines make stops at all stations on their routes. The station has a HSL ticket vending machine, as well as elevators and high platforms for accessibility. Bus stops bearing the station's name are found on Panuntie street, crossing over the platforms on the eastern side of the station, as well as on the

Tuusulanväylä The Finnish national road 45 ( fi, Kantatie 45; sv, Stamväg 45) is the 2nd class main route between the major cities of Helsinki and Hyvinkää in southern Finland. It runs from Käpylä in Helsinki to the Hyrylä in Tuusula as a motorway calle ...

highway and its interchange ramps on the western side. Both sides also have

city bike A utility bicycle, city bicycle, urban bicycle, European city bike (ECB), Dutch bike, classic bike or simply city-bike, is a bicycle designed for frequent very short, very slow rides through very flat urban areas. It is a form of utility bicycl ...

terminals, positioned right by the respective pedestrian overpasses. The Käpylä station, as well as its surrounding bus stops, belong to HSL fare zone .

External links

Train arrivals and departures at Käpylä
on Finrail

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kapyla Railway Station Railway stations in Helsinki Railway stations opened in 1910