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Espoo Railway Station
Espoo railway station (, ) is a railway station in the district of Espoon keskus in the city of Espoo, Finland. It is between the stations of Tuomarila and Kauklahti, about from the Helsinki Central railway station. An extension of the Leppävaara urban rail has been proposed to reach the Espoo station to be able to increase local train traffic on the Rantarata railway line (Helsinki–Turku) tracks between Helsinki and Espoo. History The Rantarata railway line was originally meant to be built so that it would have run close to the Espoo Cathedral and even as the railway line was eventually built fairly close to the cathedral, this did not yet guarantee that a railway station would be opened at the village near the cathedral since Kauklahti was regarded as a more significant place for a railway station. Eventually, both the church village and Kauklahti received their own station. The National Romantic style station building designed by Bruno Granholm was completed in 1903 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsinki Commuter Rail
Helsinki commuter rail (, ) is a commuter rail system serving the Helsinki metropolitan area. The system is managed by the Helsinki Regional Transport Authority (HSL) and operations are contracted out to VR Group, VR at least until 2031. The system operates on four railway lines and comprises 13 services, all of which terminate at Helsinki Central Station. Within the HSL region, tickets and timetables are fully integrated with other modes of public transport. Some VR commuter rail services extend into the HSL region, and HSL tickets are used instead of VR ones when travelling entirely within the HSL region. Both parties discontinued onboard ticket sales in 2017. Commuter rail is a backbone of public transport in Helsinki and is by far the lengthiest Rapid transit, rapid transit system in Finland, carrying a total of around 70 million passengers in 2018 and operating around a thousand departures each weekday (2023). History Late 1800s The history of local trains in and around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rantarata
Rantarata (the Coastal Railway, Swedish: Kustbanan), is a railway running between Helsinki Central Station and Turku Central Station in Finland. Its first segment, linking Turku to Karis, was commissioned in 1895, and work began the following year. The Turku–Karis track was opened for temporary traffic on 1 April 1899 and for permanent use on 1 November 1899. The second part of the Rantarata, linking Karis to Helsinki, was approved in 1897 and opened for traffic in 1902–1903. The track was built to primarily serve commuter traffic and was therefore laid out with many curves and as few tunnels and expensive earthworks as possible. This resulted in a series of corrections and straightening of curves, a work which began in the 1910s and continued all the way to the 1990s. As a part of the original plan, all of the stations along the Rantarata featured wooden station houses designed by the architect Bruno Granholm. Over the years many of these wood station building had be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Stations Designed By Bruno Granholm
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road transport. It is used for about 8% of passenger and freight transport globally, thanks to its energy efficiency and potentially high speed.Rolling stock on rails generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, allowing rail cars to be coupled into longer trains. Power is usually provided by diesel or electric locomotives. While railway transport is capital-intensive and less flexible than road transport, it can carry heavy loads of passengers and cargo with greater energy efficiency and safety. Precursors of railways driven by human or animal power have existed since antiquity, but modern rail transport began with the invention of the steam locomotive in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 19th c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Market Square
A market square (also known as a market place) is an urban square meant for trading, in which a market is held. It is an important feature of many towns and cities around the world. A market square is an open area where market stalls are traditionally set out for trading, commonly on one particular day of the week known as ''market day''. A typical English market square consists of a square or rectangular area, or sometimes just a widening of the main street. It is usually in the centre of the town, surrounded by major buildings such as the parish church, town hall, important shops and hotels, and the post office, together with smaller shops and business premises. There is sometimes a permanent covered market building or a cloth hall, and the entire area is a traditional meeting place for local people as well as a centre for trade. File:Rynek Starego Miasta We Wroclawiu (152991773).jpeg, Market Square, Wrocław, Poland File:Sukiennice and Main Market Square Krakow Polan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunnel
A tunnel is an underground or undersea passageway. It is dug through surrounding soil, earth or rock, or laid under water, and is usually completely enclosed except for the two portals common at each end, though there may be access and ventilation openings at various points along the length. A pipeline differs significantly from a tunnel, though some recent tunnels have used immersed tube construction techniques rather than traditional tunnel boring methods. A tunnel may be for foot or vehicular road traffic, for rail traffic, or for a canal. The central portions of a rapid transit network are usually in the tunnel. Some tunnels are used as sewers or aqueducts to supply water for consumption or for hydroelectric stations. Utility tunnels are used for routing steam, chilled water, electrical power or telecommunication cables, as well as connecting buildings for convenient passage of people and equipment.Salazar, Waneta. ''Tunnels in Civil Engineering''. Delhi, India : Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leppävaara Railway Station
Leppävaara station (, ) is a railway station located in Leppävaara, a district of the city of Espoo in Finland. It is located about to the northwest of Helsinki Central. History Near the construction site of the Rantarata line was the financial building of the Alberga Manor. In 1905, the municipality of Espoo sought permission to build a railway stop in place of the manor, but this permission was denied. However, suburban settlement rapidly started appearing near the manor, so it was necessary to build a railway stop.Iltanen, Jussi: ''Radan varrella: Suomen rautatieliikennepaikat'' (2nd edition), p. 24. Helsinki: Finnish Map Centre 2010. Leppävaara station was built in 1903 and the first station building in 1907. In 1920, a tightly-populated community was founded from the suburban area according to a zoning plan made by Lars Sonck. The suburban settlement also spread to the north of the station, where the Harakka area was founded, now known as the district of Lintuvaara. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VR Group
VR-Group Plc (, ), commonly known as VR, is a government-owned railway company in Finland. VR's most important function is the operation of Finland's passenger rail services with 250 long-distance and 800 commuter rail services every day. With 7,500 employees and net sales of €1,251 million in 2017, VR is one of the most significant operators in the Finnish public transport market area. VR was created in 1995 after being known as , Finnish: Suomen Valtion Rautatiet (Finnish State Railways) from 1862 to 1922, and ''Valtionrautatiet'' ('State Railways', ) from 1922 to 1995. As part of the concern, Avecra is a subsidiary for onboard catering service, Pohjolan Liikenne for bus traffic, VR Track for developing and maintaining of infrastructure and VR Transpoint for freight. Since 2017, its headquarters is located at the building, previously occupied by the state-owned broadcasting company Yle, in northern-central Helsinki. History Rail transport started in Finland in 1862 be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salo, Finland
Salo () is a town in Finland, located in the southwestern interior of the country. The population of Salo is approximately , while the Salo sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland, and the 24th most populous List of urban areas in Finland by population, urban area in the country. Salo is located in the Southwest Finland. Salo covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish language, Finnish. The name ''Salo'' means woodland, backwoods, but also a wooded island in Finnish. It is believed that Salo originally referred to an island located south of the current town over a thousand years ago, which is now a hill due to post-glacial rebound, and not even close to the sea today. Salo is a small city located between the capital Helsinki ( away) and the provincial capital Turku ( away). The city's proximity to these larger cities h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koski Railway Station in Antarctica
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Koski may refer to ;Villages in Poland *Brulino-Koski *Długołęka-Koski *Humięcino-Koski *Koski Duże *Koski Pierwsze * Koski-Wypychy ;Municipalities in Finland *Hämeenkoski *Koski Tl ;Other *Koski (surname) *Koski Glacier Mill Glacier () is a tributary glacier, wide, flowing northwest between the Dominion Range and the Supporters Range into Beardmore Glacier, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09, and named for Hugh Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espoo Cathedral
Espoo Cathedral (, ) is a medieval parish church and cathedral in Espoo, Finland. It is the seat of the Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of Espoo, established in 2004. The cathedral is located in the district of Espoon keskus, near the Espoonjoki river. The oldest parts of the church were completed in the 1480s and it is thus the oldest preserved building in the city. The church became a cathedral in 2004 after the Diocese of Espoo was split off from the Diocese of Helsinki. The cathedral grounds include a graveyard, a vicarage and a parish hall completed in 1995. In addition to being the seat of the Diocese of Espoo, it serves as the church for the Espoo Cathedral Parish and hosts various concerts and other events including the "Organ Night and Aria" concert series. History The church was originally designed in the late 15th century by an unknown "Espoo master" and built between 1485 and 1490 under his supervision. The only remaining parts of the medieval church are the eastern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leppävaara Urban Rail
Leppävaara () is a district of Espoo, a city in Finland. The Rantarata rail line and the Ring Road I, the busiest road in Finland, cross in Leppävaara, thus making it a major traffic hub in the Greater Helsinki region. The Sello Shopping Centre is also located in Leppävaara. History Leppävaara before the railway line There is evidence of residence in Leppävaara already in the Stone Age. There is a burial pile from the Bronze Age in the Leppävaara sports park, near the exercise path leading to Karakallio. The medieval village hill of Konungsböle is located near the golf practice ground on Säterinniitty at the end of Leppävaarantie. The Alberga manor was founded in the area in the 1620. The Leppävaara manor is also located in the area, and the Kilo manor is located nearby. The oldest surviving building in Leppävaara is the Gransinmäki inn built in the 1830s, located on Vanha Maantie. The best known and most historically significant build is the new main building of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
