Ilmala railway station

Ilmala
Ilmala railway station
General information
LocationPostintaival, 00230 Helsinki
Postrutten, 00230 Helsingfors
Coordinates60°12′28″N 024°55′16″E / 60.20778°N 24.92111°E / 60.20778; 24.92111
SystemHelsinki commuter rail station
Owned byFinnish Transport Agency
Platforms1
Connectionsbus lines 23, 57, 59, 63 tram lines 9, 9N
Construction
Structure typeground station
Accessible1
Other information
Fare zoneA
History
Opened25 May 1967 (1967-05-25)
Passengers
20191,431,210
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
Location

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.