Malmi railway station

Malmi Malm
Helsinki commuter rail station
General information
Coordinates	60°15′07″N 025°00′44″E
Owned by	Finnish Transport Agency
Line(s)	I, P, T, K
Platforms	2
Connections	bus lines 69, 70, 73/N, 74/N, 79/N, 552, 553/K, 554, 560, 561, 603, 701, 702, 703, 705
Construction
Structure type	bridge station
Accessible	3
Other information
Fare zone	B
History
Opened	1871
Rebuilt	1873, 1878, 1934, 1986
Electrified	1969
Passengers
2019	6,530,693[1]
Services
Preceding station Helsinki commuter rail Following station Pukinmäki One-way operation I counterclockwise via Tikkurila Tapanila towards Helsinki via Airport Tapanila One-way operation P clockwise via Myyrmäki Pukinmäki towards Helsinki Tapanila towards Helsinki K Pukinmäki towards Kerava Preceding station VR commuter rail Following station Tapanila towards Helsinki T Pukinmäki towards Riihimäki
Location Malmi The location of the station in Helsinki

Third and old station building, platforms and tracks in 1965, before electrification

Malmi station (Finnish: Malmin rautatieasema, Swedish: Malms järnvägsstation) is a railway station in the Malmi district of Helsinki, Finland. It is located between the stations of Pukinmäki and Tapanila, along the main railroad track from Helsinki to Riihimäki, about 11 kilometres (7 mi) north from Helsinki Central.

The Finnish Heritage Agency has classified Malmi railway station as a nationally significant built cultural environment.[2][3]

History

Malmi railway station was opened as a stop in 1871, originally to serve a nearby army training ground. The first station building was completed in 1873 but was replaced by another one already in 1878.[2] A large community formed quickly around the station which already had industry, workshops, an electric utilities and two schools in the 1910's.[2]

When local train traffic began in Finland in summer 1886, Malmi acted as the terminus for two local train services on the Finnish main railway line (the other two continuing further up to Järvenpää).[2] A new functionalist style station building designed by Thure Hellström was completed in 1934. The new building was exceptional from the station buildings of that time, since it was built above the train tracks.[3] This station building was closed in 1986, as the current bridge station was completed. When the fourth track between Helsinki and Tikkurila was introduced in 1996, the trains making a stop at the station started using the eastern platform (tracks 3–4) while the western platform (tracks 1–2) was closed, only to be used in exceptions. The ticket sales office was closed in 2004.[2]

Malmi Cemetery Railway

In 1894, a branch line was built from Malmi railway station to the Malmi Cemetery (fi:Malmin hautausmaan rautatie).[2] The line was opened at the same time as the cemetery and the track diverged from the main line at the northern side of the station and then curved southwards to the cemetery. The branch line served funeral trains until December 1954 and has since been torn down.[2]

Departure tracks

Malmi railway station has four tracks all of which have a platform. Platform tracks 1–2 are unused by the passenger trains that stop at the station and are no longer accessible.[4]

• Track 3 is used by I trains to the Helsinki Aiport as well as K and T trains towards Kerava.
• Track 4 is used by P, K and T trains to Helsinki.

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Gallery

• 
  Southbound K-line train
• 
  The station as seen from the platforms.

References

1. "Matkustajalaskenta - liikennepaikkojen matkustajamäärät - (summa)". tietopyynto.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 20 August 2022.
2. Iltanen, Jussi. Radan varrella (in Finnish). Karttakeskus. pp. 52–53. ISBN 978-951-593-214-3.
3. Malmin rautatieasema (in Finnish) Nationally significant built cultural environments (Valtakunnallisesti merkittävät rakennetut kulttuuriympäristöt) RKY, Finnish Heritage Agency. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
4. Platforms 1–2 - Malmi railway station, openstreetmap.org. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
5. Malmi - Train Departures - Fintraffic, junalahdot.fi. Retrieved 2025-01-26.

External links

• Media related to Malmi railway station at Wikimedia Commons