Luoma (

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) or Bobäck (

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) was a station on the

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network located in Kirkkonummi,

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, between the stations of Mankki and

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. The station had two tracks, with track one serving trains towards Kirkkonummi and track two towards

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. 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

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Cape served as a Soviet military base and the frontier passed through the station. When the original Luoma station was shut down in 1978, the Nokka station was renamed as Luoma. Because of very low number of passengers, the station was closed a day after neighbouring station Mankki on 27 March 2016.Major changes to public transport in 2016 – Metro extended to Espoo
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Connections

Only the U and L trains between Kirkkonummi and

stopped at Luoma, the faster S line did not. The Y train towards

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ran through the station but did not stop.

References

Kirkkonummi Railway stations in Uusimaa Railway stations opened in 1932 Railway stations closed in 2016 Defunct railway stations in Finland Railway stations in Finland opened in the 20th century {{Finland-railstation-stub