Helsinki City Rail Loop

Helsinki commuter travels would arrive under the city centre in tunnel, loop around, and return north again without terminating or reversing

Helsinki City Rail Loop

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Helsinki commuter rail
Pasila railway station
Alppila(alternatives 2 & 3)
New tunnel portals (alternative 1)
Helsinki Metro

Hakaniemi metro station

Töölö
Kaisaniemi metro station

Helsinki Central railway station

Rautatientori metro station

City Centre

The Helsinki City Rail Loop (Finnish: Pisararata, Swedish: Centrumslingan) is a planned new railway line in Helsinki, Southern Finland. It will be a double track balloon loop in the shape of a tear drop. Helsinki commuter rail currently terminating at Helsinki Central railway station would be diverted into tunnels under the city centre. New below-ground stations would be created in Töölö (west), Helsinki city centre (south) and Hakaniemi metro station (east), with a possible fourth station at Alppila (north) depending on how the connection to the main line is made in relation to the existing northern Pasila railway station.[1] The new tracks will be 7 kilometres (4 mi) long.[2]

The target is to free up capacity at Helsinki Central railway station to allow for expansion of long-distance trains; the existing capacity between Pasila and Helsinki due to be all used up with the opening of the Ring Rail Line in 2014.[3] Detailed planning will take place during 2012–2015, and when completed by the 2020s is expected to cost €956 million.[4] For the planning stages, €40 million was allocated.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "City Rail Loop (Pisara-rata)". Finnish Transport Agency. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "Kari Ruohonen". The Future of AirRail. also be linked to the City Rail Loop, a 7-km long underground railway line running under the Helsinki city centre. The railway design will begin in 2012 and a decision about its implementation can be made in 2014.
  3. ↑ "Future projects". Pääkaupunkiseudun Junakalusto. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "Pisararata". Liikennevirasto. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "City Rail Loop general plan approved". City of Helsinki. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2012.

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