Ilmala railway station
Ilmala railway station is a railway station on the VR commuter rail network located in northern Helsinki, Finland. It is approximately north of Helsinki Central railway station. The VR Group maintains a depot north of the station.Station
Ilmala depot
North of the Ilmala station, in Pohjois-Pasila between the two branches of the railway which go respectively to Huopalahti and Tikkurila, a large space is used for the VR train and bus depot and for a Posti sorting centre and related offices.
Near the tracks, VR has built a 100,000 m³ depot to accumulate excess snow which cannot be eliminated by the snow-melting field in Pasila. The depot can also melt snow with heat from the return water of the buildings' heating which uses district heating provided by Helen.
