Saunakallio railway station

Saunakallio
VR station
General information
Location	Ristikatu 1, 04440 Saunakallio, Järvenpää Finland
Coordinates	60.4874°N 25.0656°E / 60.4874; 25.0656
Owned by	Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency
Operated by	VR Group
Line(s)	Helsinki–Riihimäki
Tracks	4 with platforms
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	Sau
Fare zone	D
Classification	Part of split operating point (Järvenpää)[1]
History
Opened	16 August 1948 (1948-08-16)
Passengers
2015	858 daily[2]
Services
Preceding station VR commuter rail Following station Järvenpää towards Helsinki R Jokela towards Riihimäki or Tampere T Jokela towards Riihimäki
Location

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.

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

Saunakallio 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.

• Track 1 is used by commuter trains R and T to Helsinki.
• Track 4 is used by commuter trains R and T to Riihimäki.

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References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Saunakallio - Train Departures - Fintraffic, junalahdot.fi. Retrieved 2025-01-26.