Tikkurila station ( fi, Tikkurilan rautatieasema, sv, Dickursby station) is located in Tikkurila, the administrative centre of

Vantaa Vantaa (; sv, Vanda, ) is a city and municipality in Finland. It is part of the inner core of the Finnish Capital Region along with Helsinki, Espoo, and Kauniainen. With a population of (), Vantaa is the fourth most populated city in Finland ...

in the

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. It is located approximately from

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 ...

and from

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. ...

. The station is considered the main railway station of Vantaa, and almost all long-distance and commuter trains stop here. Tikkurila was one of the first seven railway stations in Finland constructed together with the country's first railway between

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and

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in 1862. It was also the only one apart from the two terminus stations to be built out of brick and not wood. The old station was converted into a museum in the 1970s, and a new, more modern station was built to the north of the old one.

Connections

The station is a local transportation hub. Bus services include local neighbourhood service by a minibus and various connections inside Vantaa as well as regional services to Helsinki. Among the more important services running via Tikkurila station is the service 562 (N), which connects the station to the Jumbo shopping centre,

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, and

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in the west to

Hakunila Hakunila (; sv, Håkansböle, ), is a district and major region of the municipality of Vantaa, Finland, located within the eastern part of the city. The district has a population of 11,238 and a population density of . The district is bordered ...

, Jakomäki and

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(metro station) in the east on a 24-hour-basis. Since the completion of the

Ring Rail Line The Ring Rail Line ( fi, Kehärata, sv, Ringbanan; formerly ''Marjarata'') is a railway route in the area of the city of Vantaa, in the Greater Helsinki Metropolitan Area of Finland. It connects Helsinki-Vantaa Airport and the adjacent Aviapolis ...

it offers a fairly frequent rail connection to Helsinki-Vantaa Airport some 5 km to the west of the station as well western parts of Vantaa with the northbound I-train service. Other rail connections included daily trains to

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and St. Petersburg. All southbound services end at the

Services

The station bridge and the Dixi centre offer a number of services to commuters, tourists and the public in general. Image:Tikkurila Old Railway Station.jpg, The very first station building from 1862 still exists today Image:Tikkurila railway station building in May 2012 - 02.jpg, The newer station building before its demolition in 2015 Image:Tikkurila Commercial Centre and Station Dixi and Ratatie street in Tikkurila, Vantaa, Finland, 2021 May.jpg, The station today with the notable Dixi centre Image:IC9 Tkl.jpg, Northbound

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train Image:Tikkurilan asemasilta etelästä 2015-01-07.jpg, View of the new station from the south Image:Train schedule displays at Tikkurila railway station.jpg, Interior of the station

References

External links

* Railway stations in Vantaa Railway stations opened in 1862 1862 establishments in Finland {{Finland-railstation-stub