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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. Commuter trains R and T stop at the 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] | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 16 August 1948 | ||||||||||||||
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| 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.
Departure tracks
editSaunakallio railway station has four tracks out of which tracks 1, 3 and 4 have a platform. Track 2 is used by southbound long-distance trains that skip the station meanwhile northbound long-distance trains that skip the station use track 3. Track 5 (formerly track 4, until 2019) was the departure track of the G trains to Helsinki in 2007–2011.
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.
- ^ Saunakallio - Train Departures - Fintraffic, junalahdot.fi. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
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