Siuntio railway station

Railway station in Siuntio, Finland

60°08′27″N 24°13′21″E / 60.14083°N 24.22250°E / 60.14083; 24.22250Owned byFinnish Transport Infrastructure AgencyLine(s)Helsinki–TurkuPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2Train operatorsVR on behalf of HSLConstructionStructure typeground stationParking50Bicycle facilities10 parking spacesOther informationStation codeStiFare zoneDClassificationOperating point^[1]HistoryOpened1899Passengers201999,122^[2] Services

Preceding station	Helsinki commuter rail			Following station
Kirkkonummi towards Helsinki		Y		Terminus
Kirkkonummi towards Helsinki		X		Terminus

Siuntio railway station (Finnish: Siuntion rautatieasema, Swedish: Sjundeå järnvägsstation) is a railway station in the municipality of Siuntio, Finland, between the stations of Kirkkonummi and Karis.

History

The Sjundeå station was opened for traffic on 1 September 1903, and its station building, designed by Bruno Granholm, was finished in the same year. The station had its Finnish name officialized in June 1925.^[3]

The station was on the area of the territory of the Soviet Porkkala Naval Base, established as a result of the Moscow Armistice in 1944. As Porkkala was returned to Finnish control in 1956, Siuntio was re-established first as a halt on 1 May 1956; it was upgraded to a staffed laiturivaihde — a halt with a railyard with at least one switch — just one month later after the renovation of the station building was completed.^[3]

Services

Siuntio is served by lines Y, X and L on the Helsinki commuter rail network, for which it is one of the termini along with Helsinki. The station is part of HSL fare zone D.^[4] The station has 55 centimetres (22 in) high platforms for accessible entry to low-floor trains,^[5] and park and ride services are provided on the south side of the railway in a car park on Ratapihantie, with capacity for approximately 50 cars and 10 bikes.^[6]

References

^ Railway Network Statement 2022 (PDF). Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. 30 June 2021. ISBN 978-952-317-812-0. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
^ "Matkustajalaskenta - liikennepaikkojen matkustajamäärät - (summa)". tietopyynto.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b Nummelin, Markku (2008). Rantarata (in Finnish). Kustantaja Laaksonen. pp. 49–51. ISBN 978-952-99685-8-9.
^ "Reittikartat: Lähijunaliikenne" (PDF) (in English, Finnish, and Swedish). Helsinki Regional Transport Authority. August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
^ "Siuntio railway station". VR.fi. VR Group. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
^ "Liikenne ja pysäköinti". Siuntio.fi (in Finnish). Municipality of Siuntio. Retrieved 13 August 2021.