Passengers (2005) 18,000 daily Opened 1862 Platforms in use 2 | Disabled access 2 Tracks 6 | |
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Location Ratatie 11, 01300 Vantaa Owned by Finnish Transport Agency Similar Vantaa City Museum, Church of St Lawrence, Airport railway station, Vantaankoski railway station, Heureka | ||
Tikkurila station (Finnish: Tikkurilan rautatieasema, Swedish: Dickursby station) (IATA: HVT) is located in Tikkurila, the administrative centre of Vantaa in the Helsinki metropolitan area. It is located approximately 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from Helsinki Central railway station and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Helsinki Airport. The station is considered the main railway station of Vantaa, and nearly all long-distance and most commuter trains stop at Tikkurila.
Tikkurila was one of the first seven railway stations in Finland constructed together with the country's first railway between Helsinki and Hämeenlinna in 1862. It was also the only one apart from the two terminus stations to be built out of brick and not wood. The old station was converted into a museum in the 1970s, and a new, more modern station was built to the north of the old one.
There are frequent bus connections from Tikkurila station to Helsinki Airport, located 5 km to the west of the station, and the Kehärata connects it to the Airport railway station.
In preparation for the new Ring Rail Line, the station was extensively rebuilt with new concourse above the tracks including waiting areas and a shopping mall.