Käpylä railway station

Käpylä (Finnish) or Kottby (Swedish) is a railway station in the Käpylä district of Helsinki, Finland. It is located between the stations of Pasila and Oulunkylä, along the main railroad track from Helsinki to Riihimäki, about 6 km north from the Helsinki Central railway station.

Käpylä Kottby
Helsinki commuter rail station
Location	Käpylä, Helsinki Finland
Coordinates	60°13′14″N 24°56′51″E
Owned by	Finnish Transport Agency
Line(s)	Helsinki–Riihimäki railway
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Helsinki buses
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	Käp
Fare zone	A
Classification	Part of split operating point (Helsinki)[1]
History
Opened	1910
Passengers
2016	2,596 daily[2]
Services
Preceding station Helsinki commuter rail Following station Pasila towards Helsinki K Oulunkylä towards Kerava T Oulunkylä towards Riihimäki Pasila towards Helsinki via Airport I Oulunkylä One-way operation Oulunkylä One-way operation P Pasila towards Helsinki via Airport
Location

History

The Kottby station was opened as a pysäkki (a station of lower significance, translating to "stop") in 1910, and its first station house was completed in the same year. At the time, it was situated on a nigh entirely unhabitated area on the northern outskirts of Helsinki that had been annexed to the city just four years prior. At this time, the first few kilometers of the Helsinki–Riihimäki railway ran from the Helsinki central station to the Fredriksberg (currently Pasila) lower rail yard, via the current location of the Ilmala depot. This changed in 1920 as the Fredriksberg station was relocated further east, along with the rest of the Helsinki–Kottby segment.[3]

In 1922, a new two-floor station building was constructed; the old, smaller station was moved to Nuppulinna. In 1924, the Panuntie overpass was constructed. It was part of the Tuusulantie road until the motorway section of national road 45 was completed midway through the 1960s. The station had its Finnish name – Käpylä – officialized in 1925.[3]

The station lies quite some distance away to the northwest of the suburbs of Käpylä, the bulk of which were built in the interwar period. The station building fell out of use as Käpylä was made an unmanned halt in 1963; it was dismantled at some point towards the end of the 1970s. The station was connected with the Ilmala depot in 1969 with the construction of a siding.[3]

As of 2005, Käpylä has been one part of the split railway operating point of Helsinki.[3] The others currently include the passenger stations of Helsinki, Pasila, Oulunkylä and Ilmala, the Pasila freight and car loading stations, the Ilmala depot and the Helsinki Kivihaka crossover.[1]

Services

Käpylä is served by lines K, T, I and P on the Helsinki commuter rail network.

References

1. Railway Network Statement 2021 (PDF). Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. 11 December 2020. p. 92-101. ISBN 978-952-317-744-4. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
2. "HSL:n nousijamäärät" (in Finnish). Helsinki Regional Transport Authority. 2016. (under "Käpylän asema")
3. Iltanen, Jussi. Radan varrella: Suomen rautatieliikennepaikat (in Finnish). ISBN 978-951-593-214-3.