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VR commuter rail

Helsinki commuter rail
Pääkaupunkiseudun lähiliikenne
Huvudstadsregionens närtrafik
Helsingin lähiliikenteen logo.png
Overview
Area served Uusimaa, Päijänne Tavastia, Tavastia Proper
Finland Finland
Locale Greater Helsinki
Finland Finland
Transit type Commuter rail
Number of lines 15
Number of stations 44 in the HSL region
69 in total
Daily ridership 194 500 per weekday (2016 average)
Website https://www.hsl.fi/en
https://www.vr.fi/cs/vr/en/frontpage
Operation
Began operation 1969
Operator(s) VR on behalf of HSL
Technical
System length 99.2 km (62 mi)
Track gauge 1,524 mm (60.0 in)
Electrification 25 kV / 50 Hz
Average speed 54 km/h (34 mph)
Top speed 120 to 160 km/h

Helsinki commuter rail (Finnish: Pääkaupunkiseudun lähiliikenne, Swedish: Huvudstadsregionens närtrafik, proper translation Local traffic of the capital region) is the commuter rail system serving Greater Helsinki, Finland. The network is part of the HSL network, and is operated by VR, the Finnish national railway company. Together with the Helsinki Metro, buses, and trams, the network forms the heart of Helsinki's public transportation infrastructure.

Trains run primarily above ground in the Helsinki metropolitan area. Within the municipalities of Espoo, Helsinki, Kauniainen, Kerava, Kirkkonummi, and Vantaa, the system uses tickets that are interchangeable with the bus, metro, and tram networks managed by HSL. Traveling beyond Kerava and Kirkkonummi uses VR commuter tickets, which are sold in zones from A (Helsinki) to H (Lahti). The HSL-zone is completely within VR zones A, B, and C.

The network is composed of 15 separate services, pictured in the network map below. They operate on all four branches of the railway lines that begin at the Helsinki Central railway station, which is where they all terminate. The system has a total of 69 stations, 14 of which are within the city of Helsinki. There are about 676 departures every weekday. The commuter rail services carried a total 55.1 million passengers in 2011.


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