Coastal Railway traffic in­ter­rup­tion 24 June–28 July – information about exceptional arrange­men­ts

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.

Learn more about replacement bus routes, departures and stops

The third number of the bus on your ticket indicates the route. For example, 76100 means route B1.

Line B1 Helsinki–Kupittaa–Turku

Line B2 Helsinki–Leppävaara–Salo–Kupittaa–Turku

Line B3 Helsinki–Kirkkonummi–Karjaa–Salo–Kupittaa–Turku

Line B4 Helsinki–Kirkkonummi-Karjaa

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.

The buses on line B1 depart from Postikatu on the Sokos side. The buses on line B2 depart from Kaivokatu on the Sokos side. The buses on lines B3 and B4 depart from Mannerheimintie on the Sokos side.

The scheduled buses of line B2 with outward times of 5:05, 10:05, 19:05 and 23:05 depart from the Postikatu stop, between Postitalo and Sokos, on the Sokos side. The other buses on line B2 depart from Kaivokatu according to the map.

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:

• 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 9 July 2024.