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Saunakallio railway station (Finnish: Saunakallion rautatieasema, Swedish: Saunakallio järnvägsstation) is a Helsinki commuter rail station in the town of Järvenpää, Finland, 39 km (24.5 mi) north from the Helsinki Central railway station.
Saunakallio | |||||||||||||||
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VR station | |||||||||||||||
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Location | Ristikatu 1, 04440 Saunakallio, Järvenpää Finland | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 60°29′15″N 25°03′56″E / 60.4874°N 25.0656°E | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency | ||||||||||||||
Operated by | VR Group | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Helsinki–Riihimäki | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 with platforms | ||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||
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Station code | Sau | ||||||||||||||
Fare zone | D | ||||||||||||||
Classification | Part of split operating point (Järvenpää)[1] | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | 16 August 1948 | ||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||
2015 | 858 daily[2] | ||||||||||||||
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The station was the terminus for the G commuter line that ran from Helsinki to Saunakallio. The service was started on 4 June 2007. It was discontinued in 2011 in order to improve management of traffic and timetable keeping on the Main Line especially during winter conditions.
References
edit- ^ Railway Network Statement 2021 (PDF). Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. 11 December 2020. ISBN 978-952-317-744-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ Esiselvitys lähiliikenteen uusista seisakkeista Kerava–Riihimäki- ja Kerava–Lahti-väleillä (PDF). Helsinki: Finnish Transport Agency. 2015. p. 30. ISBN 978-952-317-142-8. Retrieved 1 February 2021.