There are also major changes to tram and Metro services in summer 2024. Read more about the changes here.
Track work related to the Espoo City Rail Link project of the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency will cause disruptions to train services on the Coastal Line in spring, summer and autumn this year. Trains will not operate on the Coastal Line for five weeks from 24 June. Moreover, there will be short service disruptions of one to two days during the autumn. This spring, there were also disruptions that took take on weekends and lasted for one day at a time.
During the disruptions, no trains will operate on the Coastal Line west of Leppävaara. U, E, L, and Y trains will not operate during the disruptions. Westbound train services from Leppävaara will be replaced by buses. The disruptions will also affect long-distance train services on the Coastal Line. All the timetables and routes for the replacement buses are available in the Journey Planner.
The track work carried out on the Coastal Line is connected to the Espoo City Rail Link project. During the project, two new tracks will be built between Leppävaara and Kauklahti. The track work will go on for several years. Once completed, the rail link will enable a service frequency of 10 minutes between Helsinki and Kauklahti.
The service disruptions will take place as follows:
- In the summer
- Monday 24 June – Sunday 28 July
- In the autumn
- Saturday 31 August 3am – Monday 2 September 4am
- Saturday 7 September 3am – Monday 9 September 4am
- Saturday 14 September 3am – Monday 16 September 4am
- Sunday 22 September 3am – Monday 23 September 4am
- Sunday 29 September 3am – Monday 30 September 4am
Train services will be replaced by buses during the service disruptions
During the service disruptions, train services west of Leppävaara will be replaced by buses. The replacement buses will stop at the intermediate stations or near the stations. We will provide passengers with more frequent bus services as well as faster, direct services running for instance via Turunväylä to Helsinki city center.
Replacement buses:
- 211E Leppävaara–Kauniainen–Espoo–Kauklahti
- 211U Leppävaara–Kauniainen–Espoo–Kauklahti–Kirkkonummi
- 211X Leppävaara–Kauniainen–Espoo–Kauklahti–Kirkkonummi–Siuntio
- 213X Elielinaukio–Turunväylä–Espoo
- 249Y Leppävaara–Turunväylä–Espoo–Kehä III–Kirkkonummi(–Siuntio)
During the service disruptions, train services west of Leppävaara will be replaced by buses. Bus 211E will run between Leppävaara and Kauklahti, bus 211U between Leppävaara and Kirkkonummi, and bus 211X between Leppävaara and Siuntio. Buses 211E, 211U and 211X will stop at all intermediate stations or near the stations. In the summer, bus 249Y will run between Leppävaara, Espoon keskus and Kirkkonummi at weekday peak times. Some of the services will run to Siuntio. Bus 213X will provide a fast connection along Turunväylä between Helsinki city center, Koivuhovi, Tuomarila and Espoon keskus. During the service disruptions, tickets for zone B will be exceptionally accepted on journeys from the “Ullanmäki” stop on replacement bus 213X.
Information about train replacement buses in the summer is available in the Journey Planner. The train replacement buses have open fare collection.
More frequent A train services between Helsinki and Leppävaara
A trains will run between Helsinki and Leppävaara during the service disruptions. The service frequency of A trains will be increased to every 10 minutes on weekdays 6am to 9.30pm, on Saturdays 9am to 9.30pm, and Sundays 10am to 9.30pm. At quiet times such as in the late evening, A trains will run every 20–30 minutes.
Other alternative transport links
During the service disruptions on the Coastal Line, other public transport services will run as normal. For example, the Metro provides an alternative transport link from Espoo to Helsinki. There are several bus routes providing frequent feeder services to the metro stations. However, it should be noted that metro services between the Kamppi and University of Helsinki metro stations will be disrupted in the summer due to renovation work at the Central Railway Station.
Other transport links during the train service disruptions:
- Frequent bus services to the metro stations
- Buses 548 and 549 from Kauniainen to Tapiola
- Bus 118 from Espoon keskus and Tuomarila to Urheilupuisto and Tapiola
- Trunk bus route 530 from Espoon keskus via Finnoo to Matinkylä
- Buses 171, 173 and 173Z from Kirkkonummi to Matinkylä
- Buses 162 and 165 from Kauklahti via Saunalahti to Espoonlahti
- Trunk bus route 200 runs along Turuntie from Espoon keskus via Leppävaara to Helsinki city center
The project aims to improve the performance of train services
The Espoo City Rail Link project entails the construction of two new tracks between Leppävaara and Kauklahti. Once completed, the rail link will improve the punctuality of commuter train services in Kirkkonummi and Espoo as well as the punctuality of long-distance train services in the direction of Turku. In addition, improvements will be made to the Kilo, Kera, Kauniainen, Koivuhovi, Tuomarila and Kauklahti train stations. The project started in spring 2021 and it is scheduled to be completed in 2028.