Traffic interruption between Helsinki and Turku – information about exceptional arrangements
Track work for the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency’s Espoo Rail Line project will cause a five-week traffic interruption on the Coastal Railway west of Leppävaara starting from 24 June. During the interruption, we will replace all long-distance trains between Helsinki and Turku with buses. Train services are partially restored from Jul 29 onwards.
Traffic interruption between Helsinki and Turku 24 June–28July 2024
Track work for the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency’s Espoo Rail Line project will cause a five-week traffic interruption on the Coastal Railway west of Leppävaara starting from 24 June. During the interruption, we will replace all long-distance trains between Helsinki and Turku with buses. The buses replacing long-distance trains will continue from Kupittaa to Turku Central Railway Station and, around the departure and arrival times of ships, also to the Port of Turku and vice versa. Train traffic between Tampere and Turku will run normally.
Commuter trains between Karjaa and Hanko will be normally run by train during the railway line interruption. However, the H-train's connection between Helsinki and Hanko, which runs three days a week, cannot be run by train during the work for the Espoo Rail Line project.
Train services are partially restored from Jul 29 onwards.
Learn more about replacement bus routes, departures and stops
You can use the maps below to find out about replacement buses' departures and stops at the Helsinki, Leppävaara and Kupittaa railway stations.
Helsinki
In Helsinki, the buses depart from the area around Sokos. The map shows where the buses for different routes depart from.
From 1 August, all buses will depart from the Postikatu bus stop between the Postitalo and Sokos, on the Sokos side.
Leppävaara
In Leppävaara, the replacement buses depart from the station’s overpass, bus stop number 41 along Ring Road 1. The overpass can be accessed via the stairs from the train platforms.
Kupittaa
At Kupittaa buses leaves from Joukahaisenkatu, the bus stop in front of EuroCity.
Other departure and stopping points
Kirkkonummi: Next to track 1 on the west side of the station building
Inkoo: Torp th L (West) and Torp th I (East). NOTE! approx. 5 km from the train station
Karjaa: Next to track 2, at the museum locomotive
Salo: Next to the train station tunnel
Turku central railway station: In front of the train station building
Port of Turku: Next to track 2, bus platform number 7
If the bus number on your ticket is between 76618–76646 or 76700–76833, it is a replacement bus for HSL. You can find the departure stops of the HSL replacement buses here, Opens in a new tab.
Baggage and accessibility
Replacement buses have limited space for baggage.
If there is space in the luggage compartment of the bus, you can take your bike with you. Please note that it is not possible to book a place for a bike in advance. If there is no room for your bike on the bus, you can travel on the next departure with your original ticket.
Unfortunately, replacement buses do not have accessible travel services. If all trains on your travel date have been replaced with a bus due to track work, we will arrange an accessible taxi for you. Contact our free accessible travel service by calling 0800 188 822, and we will help you.
You can read more information about the traffic interruption from Helsinki, Opens in a new tab, Leppävaara, Opens in a new tab, Kupittaa, Opens in a new tab and Turku, Opens in a new tab station pages. There you will find more frequently asked questions about the traffic interruption.
Information for passengers travelling with a multi-ticket
Some departures with an HSL station between Leppävaara and Siuntio as the departure station or terminus of the journey are not shown in the travel search. If you have a multi-ticket with an HSL station as the departure station or terminus and you do not get any search results in the travel search, the multi-ticket unfortunately cannot be used between 24 June and 28 July during the traffic interruption.
If you are unable to use your multi-ticket during the traffic interruption, we will refund the unused journeys. You can apply for compensation for a multi-ticket here, Opens in a new tab.
Travel between Karjaa and the Port of Turku
During the traffic interruption, we will only operate the following services between Karjaa and the Port of Turku:
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Karjaa – Port of Turku 4:35 p.m.–6:45 p.m.
- Port of Turku–Karjaa 7:45 p.m.–9:55 p.m.
The services are planned to ensure an easy connection to the H commuter train operating between Hanko and Karjaa. When the traffic interruption ends, traffic between the Port of Turku and Karjaa will return to normal.
The article has been updated on 31 July 2024.
