Malminkartano railway station

Malminkartano
Malmgård
VR station
Location Luutnantintie, 00410 Helsinki
Coordinates 60°14′48″N 024°51′50″E / 60.24667°N 24.86389°ECoordinates: 60°14′48″N 024°51′50″E / 60.24667°N 24.86389°E
Owned by Finnish Transport Agency
Platforms 2
Connections bus lines 39, 39N, 45, 49, 499,
Construction
Structure type tunnel station
History
Opened 1975
Traffic
Passengers (2005) 6,800 daily
Services
Preceding station   Helsinki commuter rail   Following station
M
toward Vantaankoski

Malminkartano railway station (Finnish: Malminkartanon rautatieasema, Swedish: Malmgårds järnvägsstation) is a railway station on the Helsinki commuter rail network located in northern Helsinki, Finland. It is located approximately eleven kilometres to the north of Helsinki Central railway station.

The station serves the M line between Central Helsinki and Vantaankoski, between the stations of Kannelmäki and Myyrmäki.

The station has two platforms, one for southbound and one for northbound trains, and is quite unique in that the majority of the station is situated inside a tunnel with trains stopping 220 metres (720 ft) inside it.

External links

Media related to Malminkartano railway station at Wikimedia Commons

Malminkartano railway station (2010)