Ilmala railway station

60°12′28″N 024°55′16″E / 60.20778°N 24.92111°E / 60.20778; 24.92111Owned byFinnish Transport AgencyPlatforms1Connectionsbus lines 23, 23N, 50, 57, 59ConstructionStructure typeground stationAccessibleYesOther informationFare zoneAHistoryOpened25 May 1967; 56 years ago (1967-05-25)Passengers20191,431,210^[1] Services

Preceding station	Helsinki commuter rail			Following station
Pasila towards Helsinki		A		Huopalahti towards Leppävaara
		L		Huopalahti towards Kirkkonummi
Huopalahti One-way operation		I counterclockwise via Tikkurila		Pasila towards Helsinki
Pasila One-way operation		P clockwise via Myyrmäki		Huopalahti towards Helsinki via Airport

Ilmala railway station (Finnish: Ilmalan rautatieasema, Swedish: Ilmala järnvägsstation) is a railway station on the VR commuter rail network located in northern Helsinki, Finland. It is approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of Helsinki Central railway station. The VR Group maintains a depot north of the station.

The station was opened in 1967 to serve the newly built television studios of the Finnish public broadcaster Yle and commercial broadcaster MTV3.

Ilmala depot

North of the Ilmala station, in Pohjois-Pasila between the two branches of the railway which go respectively to Huopalahti and Tikkurila, a large space is used for the VR train and bus depot (Ilmalan varikko) and for Posti sorting centre (Postinkeskus or Posti lajittelukeskus) and related offices.

Near the tracks, VR has built a 100,000 m³ depot to accumulate excess snow which cannot be eliminated by the snow-melting field in Pasila. The depot can also melt snow with heat from the return water of the buildings' heating which uses district heating provided by Helen.^[2]

Helsinki operating point

Ilmala is one part of the split railway operating point of Helsinki, the other parts of which include the passenger stations of Helsinki, Pasila, Käpylä and Oulunkylä, the Pasila freight and car loading stations, the Ilmala depot and the Helsinki Kivihaka crossover.^[3]

Nearby landmarks

• Pöllölaakso (headquarters of MTV3 until late-2022)
• Yle Mediatalo (fi: Mediatalo) and Studiotalo (fi: Studiotalo)

References

External links

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