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Continente: Europa

País: Finlandia

Localización: Helsinki

Año: 1911

Estado: Terminado

Descripción:La estación de trenes de Helsinki

Miércoles, 12 de septiembre de 2012

Igualmente importante tanto a nivel de diseño como importante a nivel de comunicaciones en la capital de Finlandia, Helsinki, es el lugar del que hoy te hablamos. Se trata de la estación de trenes (Rautatieasema en finés) de Helsinki, de la que hoy te hablamos mucho más debido a la gran importancia con la que cuenta dentro de la ciudad.

La estación de trenes de Helsinki ya de por sí llama la atención desde fuera por su diseño, en el que predominan dos grandes estatuas completamente imposibles de olvidar. La torre del reloj que nos encontramos allí es, precisamente, otra de las piezas de arquitectura más impresionantes y fácilmente reconocibles que podemos encontrarnos en todo Helsinki.

El estilo de esta estación de trenes es de corte art noveau y fue ideada por un prestigioso arquitecto finlandés Eliel Saarinen en el año 1911.

A nivel algo más practico, de esta estación salen trenes a prácticamente todos los rincones de Finlandia y algunos de ellos también nos pueden servir para llegar hasta Rusia.

Si queréis ver las conexiones de tren, o incluso compar algún billete, podéis hacerlo en las páginas de VR.fi, la Renfe finlandesa.

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Features

The station is mostly clad in Finnish granite, and its distinguishing features are its clock tower and the two pairs of statues holding the spherical lamps, lit at night-time, on either side of the main entrance. Animated characters based on the statues have recently been featured in some major advertising campaigns by Finland's government-owned railway operator VR, to the extent of releasing rap singles allegedly sung by Kivimiehet ("The stone men").

There are 19 platforms at the station. Numbers 1–3 are on the east side and serve local trains on the Tikkurila route, their tracks stop short of the main station roof. Numbers 4–11 in the centre of the station are the main platforms for longer-distance trains which stretch down to terminate in front of the main station building, commonly 5–10 serve trains running via Tikkurila to Tampere, St Petersburg and other points north and east, while 11–12 serve express trains via the Espoo line to Turku. Numbers 12–19 are on the west side and serve local trains on the Espoo and Vantaankoski routes, again their tracks stop short of the main station roof. The tracks funnel into separate express and local tracks for both the Espoo and the Tikkurila routes with the express tracks in the middle and the local tracks on the outside, aligning with their respective platforms. This gives 8 principal tracks but there is a 9th, additional express track for the Tikkurila route out through Pasila in the Helsinki suburbs, the first station at which all trains stop, 5 minutes out of Helsinki main station.

Outside the station the loading area for the car-carrying trains is on the west side. Also on the west side, a branch freight route used to turn to the west and passed through the inner west side of Helsinki to the West Harbour. This branch was lifted in 2009 when freight operations were moved to the new Vuosaari Harbour from old harbours. Until 2006 the area between Parliament House, Helsinki and the passenger station contained the VR warehouses, a large rail-freight complex.

The main maintenance area for the Finnish Railways is located at Pasila, the first station out of Helsinki Central. The old steam locomotive roundhouse facility to the south of Pasila station still stands and is used for sundry functions. The main area is now to the north of Pasila station, in the fork between the Espoo and the Tikkurila lines.

Steam locomotives were replaced by diesel in the 1950s on Finnish railways, and in turn the first electric trains were introduced in 1969–70 on the Helsinki local lines; the trains introduced at that time are still in substantial use. Main line trains were then gradually changed over as the electric network was extended over the bulk of the Finnish rail system, including all trains which serve Helsinki.

Helsinki station serves as a central hub for Finnish transport. There is a bus station on both sides of the main station building. The Helsinki Metro Rautatientori station is located under the main station building, linked through the Asematunneli pedestrian underpass and underground shopping centre complex, which has entrances in the main hall of the station and at various points in the surrounding city centre streets. The majority of Helsinki's tram routes pass in front of or to the west of the station.

There are two regular bus connections between Helsinki Central railway station and Helsinki-Vantaa airport. One of them is a municipal connection operated by HSL. As an exception for HSL bus lines, the line can only be used for inter-city transport – once a passenger boards the bus they may only disembark after crossing the border to Vantaa. The other bus connection is a private express bus operated by Finnair. It does not accept HSL tickets.

History

The first railway station in Helsinki was built in 1860, as Finland's first railway between Helsinki and Hämeenlinna was opened. The station's plans were drawn by the Swedish architect Carl Albert Edelfelt. However, as the popularity of railways grew, the station turned out to be too small, and a contest was organised in 1904 with the intention of producing plans for a new station. The contest received 21 entries, and was won by Eliel Saarinen, with a pure national romanticist design, which sparked off a vigorous debate about the architecture of major public buildings, with demands for a modern, rational style. Saarinen himself abandoned romanticism altogether and re-designed the station completely. The new design was finished in 1909 and the station was opened in 1919.

President of Finland Kyösti Kallio died at the station on 19 December 1940 of a heart attack, as he was going back home to Nivala after having retired as President. Legend says he died in the arms of Marshal Mannerheim.

The clock tower side of the station was damaged in a fire on 14 June 1950.[2]

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