Helsinki Central railway station

E388801

landmark railway station transport hub

Helsinki Central railway station is the main railway hub of Finland’s capital, renowned for its distinctive early 20th-century National Romantic architecture and status as a key landmark in Helsinki.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Helsinki Central Railway Station	11
Helsinki Central railway station canonical	9
Helsinki Central Station	4
Central Railway Station of Helsinki	1
Helsingfors centralstation	1
Helsingin päärautatieasema	1
Helsinki Central Railway Station (walking distance)	1
Helsinki Central railway station concourse	1
Helsinki railway station	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	landmark ⓘ railway station ⓘ transport hub ⓘ
architect	Eliel Saarinen ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Art Nouveau ⓘ National Romantic architecture ⓘ surface form: National Romantic style
connectsTo	Helsinki Airport via rail ⓘ Helsinki Metro ⓘ Helsinki bus network ⓘ Helsinki tram network ⓘ Rautatientori station ⓘ surface form: Rautatientori metro station
constructionStartDate	1905 ⓘ
country	Finland ⓘ
hasPart	granite clock tower ⓘ two stone giant statues with spherical lamps ⓘ
hasStationCode	HKI ⓘ
heritageStatus	protected building ⓘ
inception	1919 ⓘ
locatedIn	Helsinki ⓘ Kluuvi, Helsinki ⓘ surface form: Helsinki city centre
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Uusimaa ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ Eastern European Time ⓘ
materialUsed	Finnish granite ⓘ
nearby	Ateneum Art Museum ⓘ Kamppi station ⓘ surface form: Helsinki Central bus station (Kamppi, via connections)
numberOfPlatforms	19 ⓘ
numberOfTracks	19 ⓘ
officialNameInFinnish	Helsinki Central railway station self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Helsingin päärautatieasema
officialNameInSwedish	Helsinki Central railway station self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Helsingfors centralstation
openingDate	1919 ⓘ
operatedBy	VR Group ⓘ
ownedBy	Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency ⓘ
passengerTraffic	one of the busiest railway stations in Finland ⓘ
precededBy	original Helsinki railway station (1862) ⓘ
railwayLine	Coastal Railway (Finland) ⓘ Helsinki–Karjaa railway ⓘ Helsinki–Lahti line ⓘ surface form: Helsinki–Lahti railway Helsinki–Riihimäki railway ⓘ Helsinki–Turku railway ⓘ Helsinki–Tampere railway ⓘ surface form: Main Line (Finland) Riihimäki–Tampere railway ⓘ
serves	Greater Helsinki ⓘ surface form: Helsinki metropolitan area commuter trains ⓘ intercity traffic in Finland ⓘ long-distance trains ⓘ
significantFor	Finnish railway network ⓘ Helsinki cityscape ⓘ

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Subject: Helsinki Central railway station
Description of subject: Helsinki Central railway station is the main railway hub of Finland’s capital, renowned for its distinctive early 20th-century National Romantic architecture and status as a key landmark in Helsinki.

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eliel Saarinen → notableWork → Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ

Eliel Saarinen → designed → Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ

Allegro trains between Saint Petersburg and Helsinki → endStation → Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ

this entity surface form: Helsinki Central Station

Allegro → primaryStationInFinland → Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ

Finnish railway network → mainHubStation → Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ

Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art → locatedNear → Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ

this entity surface form: Helsinki Central Railway Station

Market Square, Helsinki → hasNearbyPublicTransport → Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ

this entity surface form: Helsinki Central Railway Station (walking distance)

Helsinki City Hall → nearTransport → Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ

this entity surface form: Helsinki Central Railway Station

Kruununhaka → near → Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ

this entity surface form: Helsinki Central Railway Station

Ateneum Art Museum → locatedNear → Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ

this entity surface form: Helsinki Central Railway Station

Ateneum Art Museum → publicTransitAccess → Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ

this entity surface form: Helsinki Central Railway Station

South Harbour, Helsinki → near → Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ

this entity surface form: Helsinki Central Railway Station

Hämeenlinna railway station → connectsTo → Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ

this entity surface form: Helsinki railway station

Helsinki–Riihimäki railway → terminus → Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ

Järvenpää railway station → distanceFrom → Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ

Töölö → near → Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Railway Station of Helsinki

Finland Station → connectsTo → Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ

this entity surface form: Helsinki Central Station

City Centre Campus → near → Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ

this entity surface form: Helsinki Central Railway Station

Helsinki Senate Square → hasNearbyPublicTransportStop → Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ

this entity surface form: Helsinki Central Railway Station

Saarinen → notableWork → Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ

subject surface form: Eliel Saarinen

this entity surface form: Helsinki Central Station

Helsinki Central railway station → officialNameInFinnish → Helsinki Central railway station self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Helsingin päärautatieasema

Helsinki Central railway station → officialNameInSwedish → Helsinki Central railway station self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Helsingfors centralstation

Rautatientori station → locatedNear → Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ

Rautatientori station → hasConnectionTo → Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ

Rautatientori station → hasEntrance → Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ

this entity surface form: Helsinki Central railway station concourse

Rautatientori station → hasNearbyLandmark → Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ

Töölönlahti Bay → locatedNear → Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ

this entity surface form: Helsinki Central Railway Station

Töölönlahti Bay → nearTransportHub → Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ

this entity surface form: Helsinki Central Station

Helsinki bus network → connectsTo → Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ

this entity surface form: Helsinki Central Railway Station

Helsinki public transport network → connectsTo → Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ

this entity surface form: Helsinki Central Railway Station