Louhela railway station

Railway station in Vantaa, Finland

60°16′14″N 024°51′12″E / 60.27056°N 24.85333°E / 60.27056; 24.85333Owned byCity of VantaaLine(s)Ring Rail LinePlatforms1 island platformTracks2Train operatorsVR on behalf of HSLConnections

Helsinki buses

ConstructionStructure typeground stationOther informationStation codeLohFare zoneBClassificationHalt^[1]HistoryOpened1 June 1975 (1975-06-01)Passengers20191,207,610^[2] Services

Preceding station	Helsinki commuter rail			Following station
Martinlaakso One-way operation		I counterclockwise via Tikkurila		Myyrmäki towards Helsinki
Myyrmäki One-way operation		P clockwise via Myyrmäki		Martinlaakso towards Helsinki via Airport

Location

Louhela railway station (Finnish: Louhelan rautatieasema, Swedish: Klippsta järnvägsstation) is a VR commuter rail station located in Vantaa, Finland. It is approximately thirteen kilometres north of Helsinki Central railway station.

The station is served by circular lines I and P, and is between the stations of Myyrmäki and Martinlaakso.

There are two platforms serving both north and southbound trains, one lift and a waiting room. Many local bus connections are available nearby.

History

The residential area of Louhela, built in Vantaa in the 1960s (then still known as Helsingin maalaiskunta), was designed to revolve around a metro station, placed in the intersection of the streets of Louhelantie and Uomatie. As the municipality along with the city of Helsinki took upon the planning of a commuter rail line instead, the idea of a station in Louhela was not originally in the cards as it and the rest of Myyrmäki were meant to be served by a single station by the name of Etelä-Vantaa. The plan was canned as the planned line was moved further east in 1971.^[3]

The station building was funded by the city of Vantaa. Its building process was burdened by delays, and despite the original date for the opening of the line being in the autumn of 1974, the Louhela station was finished on 23 April 1975.^[4]

The station building's walls were adorned with street art in 2018 as part of a project funded by the city. Eleven artists were assigned to paint their personal interpretation of the poem Jokiyöt, written by poet Vesa Haapala.^[5]

References

^ Railway Network Statement 2021 (PDF). Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. 11 December 2020. p. 96. ISBN 978-952-317-744-4. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
^ "Matkustajalaskenta - liikennepaikkojen matkustajamäärät - (summa)". tietopyynto.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^ Iltanen, Jussi. Radan varrella: Suomen rautatieliikennepaikat (in Finnish). p. 47. ISBN 978-951-593-214-3.
^ Oksanen, Jarmo. "Martinlaakson rata 40 vuotta". Resiina (in Finnish). No. 4/2015. p. 28-41. ISSN 0356-0600.
^ Massinen, Tuomas (3 August 2018). "Louhelan aseman runouksellinen katutaideteos valmistui – Avajaisissa kuka tahansa voi esittää oman hengentuotteen". Vantaan Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 February 2021.