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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.

Louhela Klippsta
Helsinki commuter rail station
General information
Location	Patotie 1, 01600 Myyrmäki, Vantaa Finland
Coordinates	60°16′14″N 024°51′12″E
Owned by	City of Vantaa
Line(s)	Ring Rail Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Train operators	VR on behalf of HSL
Connections	Helsinki buses
Construction
Structure type	ground station
Other information
Station code	Loh
Fare zone	B
Classification	Halt[1]
History
Opened	1 June 1975 (1975-06-01)
Passengers
2019	1,207,610[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

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

External links

• Media related to Louhela railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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