How do I get from Helsinki airport to Helsinki Central Station?

Q: How do I get from Helsinki airport to Helsinki Central Station?

P train via Tikkurila: €4.50 for one traveler, 29 min. It leaves you at Helsinki Central Station in 29 minutes, via Tikkurila (9 min) and Pasila (24 min). The P and I trains both terminate inside Helsinki Central Station, same ABC ticket — 29 minutes on the P, 34 on the I. Bus 600 does not stop here: it ends at Rautatientori, the square beside the station. Night bus 415N ends further off, at Elielinaukio on the station's west side. For the station building, take a train.

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Airport to station · One way · All prices are totals for 1 adult · All service hours

2 ways to Helsinki Central Station

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The cheapest way in. Nothing listed is quicker.

P train via Tikkurila

P · VR for HSL, on an HSL ticket

29 min rideEvery 20 min04:52–01:22

Lentoasema station beneath the terminalHelsinki Central Station in 29 minutes

Non-stopLuggage space

€4.50total for 1 adult€4.50 eachBuy ticketOn VR for HSL, on an HSL ticket

Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Lentoasema station beneath the terminal, platform 1 — lifts and escalators from both arrivals and departures

An HSL ABC single: EUR 4.50 on the HSL app, EUR 4.80 from a ticket machine or by contactless at a reader. Children 7 to 17 pay EUR 2.25; under-7s need no ticket. Valid 90 minutes across every HSL mode, so it also covers a tram or bus onward from the station. An ABC day ticket is EUR 12.80; there is no group ticket.

Luggage. A commuter train with open floor space by the doors; no racks, no hold.

Hours. Monday to Friday the first P leaves the airport at 04:52, the last at 01:22 (02:22 after a Friday or Saturday). Weekends the first is 05:52 (the I runs from 05:04). Every 20 minutes by day, every 30 late in the evening. Engineering works cut some evenings short: 14 and 15 September the last leaves about 21:00, 7 October at 22:42.

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Regional

I train via Myyrmäki

I · VR for HSL, on an HSL ticket

34 min rideEvery 20 min04:59–00:04

Lentoasema station beneath the terminalHelsinki Central Station in 34 minutes

Non-stopLuggage space

€4.50total for 1 adult€4.50 eachBuy ticketOn VR for HSL, on an HSL ticket

Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Lentoasema station beneath the terminal, platform 2

The same HSL ABC single as the P train — EUR 4.50 on the app, EUR 4.80 at a machine or by contactless — and the same child fare. There is no difference in price between any of the trains or buses from this airport.

Luggage. A commuter train with open floor space by the doors; no racks, no hold.

Hours. First I from the airport 04:59 on weekdays (05:04 at weekends, and daily from 5 October), last 00:04, or 00:34 after a Friday or Saturday. Every 20 minutes by day. Works shorten some evenings: 14 and 15 September the last I leaves at 20:34, 28 September at 23:04, and 5 to 8 October at 22:19.

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The P and I trains both terminate inside Helsinki Central Station, same ABC ticket — 29 minutes on the P, 34 on the I. Bus 600 does not stop here: it ends at Rautatientori, the square beside the station. Night bus 415N ends further off, at Elielinaukio on the station's west side. For the station building, take a train.

Ride times exclude walking and waiting. Every way from Helsinki Airport into Helsinki

Your destination

Already at the right station.

Helsingin päärautatieasema, the terminus of both airport trains and the interchange for every onward connection in the city.

Helsinki Airport

Follow station signs

Lentoasema station beneath the terminal

P train via Tikkurila · 29 min

Helsinki Central Station

P train via Tikkurila serves Helsinki Central Station. Trunk bus 600 does not.

Arriving late?

Not everything runs around the clock: the P train via Tikkurila runs 04:52–01:22, and the I train via Myyrmäki runs 04:59–00:04. Outside those hours nothing on this board runs to the center, and taxis are not priced on it. and the board keeps only what is running.

From arrivals to Helsinki Central Station

Find the airport station

Lentoasema station beneath the terminal. Follow the signs from arrivals.

Choose P train via Tikkurila

Check the destination and departure board before boarding.

Arrive at Helsinki Central Station

29 min. Continue to your accommodation or follow signs for onward transport.

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Four pay €18 on the cheapest way to Helsinki Central Station on this page. The car meets you in arrivals and drives to your door. €51 is what Welcome Pickups charges to the centre of Helsinki; it quotes the fare for your own address when you book ahead.

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Continuing by public transport?

Follow the station signs for your onward connection.

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Check the address and choose the nearest exit.

Before you travel

Does the Trunk bus 600 stop at Helsinki Central Station?

No. It runs to Rautatientori.

Does the Night bus 415N stop at Helsinki Central Station?

No. It runs to Elielinaukio.

What if my flight arrives late?

How far is Helsinki Central Station from the centre?