Pelto railway station
Peltos whistle-stop (Finnish: Pellon seisake, Swedish: Åkers hållplats) was a railway halt in Espoo, Finland midway between Espoo railway station & Kauklahti railway station, about 1.8 km from each.
Pelto Åker | |
|---|---|
| Request stop | |
| General information | |
| Coordinates | 60°11′58″N 24°37′34″E |
| Owned by | State Railways |
| Line(s) | L, Y[1] |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Tracks | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | Plt |
| Fare zone | VR zone B |
| History | |
| Opened | 2 January 1931 |
| Closed | 28 May 1995 |
| Electrified | 1938 |
Peltos halt was opened on 2 January 1931. The whistle-stop was planned to be abolished in 1978 but due a local small hospital and the wishes of a few locals it remained. The Peltos halt was very rarely used as the area is in a field and has very few houses near it. On 28 May 1995 Pelto whistle-stop was abolished due to extremely low number of users (estimated 5-20 per day.) There is currently nothing remaining of the whistle-stop; even the crossing was abolished in 2006. The L train was the only train that stopped at Pelto, and only if a passenger requested it to do so.
References
- Jape Ruotsalainen. "Resiina – 27.05.1995 / Espoo, Pelto". vaunut.org. Retrieved 15 Jan 2013.
External links
- Vaunut.org: Kuvia Pellon seudulta – Pictures of the Peltos whistle stop (in Finnish)
