Tapanila railway station

Tapanila Mosabacka
Helsinki commuter rail station
General information
Coordinates	60°15′43″N 25°1′40.5″E
Owned by	Finnish Transport Agency
Line(s)	I, P, K, T
Platforms	1
Connections	bus lines 74, 74N, 705
Construction
Structure type	ground station
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	B
Passengers
2019	1,623,986[1]
Services
Preceding station Helsinki commuter rail Following station Malmi One-way operation I counterclockwise via Tikkurila Puistola towards Helsinki via Airport Puistola One-way operation P clockwise via Myyrmäki Malmi towards Helsinki Puistola towards Helsinki K Malmi towards Kerava Preceding station VR commuter rail Following station Puistola towards Helsinki T Malmi towards Riihimäki
Location Tapanila The location of the station in Helsinki

Tapanila (Finnish) or Mosabacka (Swedish) is a railway station in the Tapanila district of Helsinki, Finland. It is located between the stations of Malmi and Puistola, along the main railroad track from Helsinki to Riihimäki, about 13 kilometres northeast from the Helsinki Central railway station.

History

Tapanila railway station was opened as a small stop in 1907. The stop was originally named Vanda, but was renamed as Mosabacka already in the next year.[2] The first station building was completed in 1910. A new station building was completed in 1939 but was moved to Pikku Huopalahti in 1991.[2] Nowadays Tapanila has no station building.

Departure tracks

Tapanila railway station has two platform tracks for passenger trains (3, 4). Track 1 has a short platform that is unused by the passenger trains that stop at the station and is no longer accessible.[3]

• 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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The former station building, now located in Pikku Huopalahti.

References

1. "Matkustajalaskenta - liikennepaikkojen matkustajamäärät - (summa)". tietopyynto.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 20 August 2022.
2. Iltanen, Jussi (2009). Radan varrella (in Finnish). Karttakeskus. p. 54. ISBN 978-951-593-214-3.
3. Platform 1 - Tapanila railway station, openstreetmap.org. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
4. Tapanila - Train Departures - Fintraffic, junalahdot.fi. Retrieved 2025-01-26.