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Pasila rail tunnel
The tunnel abandoned in 2009.
Overview
Other name(s)
Vallila Rail Tunnel Kumpula Rail Tunnel
Line
Sörnäinen harbour rail
Status
Abandoned (2008–2021), indoor running track since 2021
Crosses
Itä-Pasila
Start
near Pasila railway station (the former classification yard)
End
Vallilanlaakso (Vallila)
Operation
Constructed
1960s
Opened
1965[1]
Closed
November 2008 (traffic ended)
Technical
Length
650 metres (2,130 ft)
Pasila Rail Tunnel is a former 650-meter railway tunnel under Itä-Pasila residential area in Helsinki, Finland. It used to serve as part of the Sörnäinen harbour rail from 1965 to 2008. The west end of the tunnel located near Pasila railway station and ended up in Vallila in the east.
The decision to build the tunnel came from the need for a more durable and less interrupted way from Pasila to Sörnäinen Harbour (today's Kalasatama). The railway built in 1863 ran directly along today's Teollisuuskatu. As the street was built, narrower at that time, the rail traffic soon became troublesome in the area. The new route was established through Vallilanlaakso and Kyläsaari, with the 650-meter (2,130 ft) tunnel included.
The tunnel portal in Vallila in 2009The tunnel shut in Itä-Pasila in 2021
^"Kumpulan satamarata käyttöön" [Kumpula harbour railway into use] (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. 19 October 1965. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
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