Lahdenväylä bus routes 2021

New Lahdenväylä bus routes will be introduced on 16 August 2021. We are improving bus services especially in Vantaa. Bus routes across the municipal boundary to Helsinki will serve more clearly their own areas. Vantaa internal bus routes will complement these routes. As of August, some bus routes will run to Hakaniemi in Helsinki. The routes will start running to Kalasama once the construction works in the area progress.

This page provides information about new bus routes that will start operating in August as well as about changes to the existing bus routes.

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Background to the changes and resident engagement

Changes in a nutshell

New bus routes

Background to the changes

Currently, bus services in East Vantaa comprise a number of bus routes that have designated service areas but not necessarily have a clear role in the route network. In the new route network, bus routes have clearer roles, as well as more even headways, enabling smoother transfers.

More frequent feeder services

In the future, there will be more frequent feeder services to Tikkurila, Korso and Koivukylä stations. Services will be reduced on some routes with low number of boardings. Even after the changes the level of service in these areas will be good considering the number of boardings, as walking distances to the closest stop will remain short.

Night bus network will be adjusted to correspond the daytime routes. After 11pm, services will be provided to the key housing areas from Tikkurila and the Railway Square in Helsinki.

Resident engagement

Residents participated in the planning on the website for the route network plan and through residents’ meetings. Residents also provided feedback on the plan. Residents were able to comment on the draft route network plan online, by email and in two residents’ meetings in fall 2017.

Based on the feedback we received, we revised the plan by speeding up route 721 serving Päiväkumpu and by shortening the peak time headways to 10 minutes. A new route 724 from Päiväkumpu to Tikkurila via Havukoski was established to serve school journeys and bus 711 was rerouted to go closer to Kuusikko.

Changes in a nutshell

The new route network comprises basic routes, complementary routes and peak-time routes

Basic bus routes to Hakaniemi (and in the future to Kalasatama) will run every 20 minutes:

711, Hakaniemi – Kuusikko – Maarinkunnas – Jokiniemi – Tikkurila
721, Hakaniemi – Honkanummi – Havukoski – Päiväkumpu – Rekola – Koivukylä
731, Hakaniemi – Mikkola – Korso – Kulomäki
Bus route 717 from the Railway Square will run every 20 minutes during the daytime. The bus will run from the Railway Square via Jakomäki, Vaarala, Hakunila, Nissas, Kolohonka, Honkanummi, Maarinkunnas and Jokiniemi to Tikkurila.

Complementary bus routes will run every 30–120 minutes from the Railway Square:

739 Rautatientori – Kuninkaanmäki – Nikinmäki – Leppäkorpi – Korso
785-788 Rautatientori – Nikinmäki – Nikkilä

Peak-time routes

Bus 718(A) will depart from the Railway Square and run via Hakunila to Nissas (Itä-Hakkila – Sotunki).

More frequent service to Tikkurila, Korso and Koivukylä

The new route network will provide fairly frequent service from Hakaniemi (in the future from Kalasatama) to all district centers along the main line, i.e. to Tikkurila, Koivukylä and Korso.

A new route, 711, will run from Hakaniemi to Tikkurila, where it is easy to transfer to another bus or train.
Bus route 717 is extended to Tikkurila to replace the current routes 711 and 712 north of Hakunila. There will be more frequent bus services from Nissas to Tikkurila via Itä-Hakkila, Kolohonka and Vantaan akseli. Services will run fairly frequently from Helsinki city center to Honkanummi and Vantaan akseli every day from morning to evening. In addition, bus route 721 will provide a faster link from Hakaniemi to Vanha Porvoontie during peak commuting times.
Bus route 736 will provide a link from the peripheral areas (Kuusikko, Sotunki, Kuninkaanmäki, Nikinmäki, Leppäkorpi) to Korso and Tikkurila.
Bus route 739 will provide a link from the peripheral areas (Kuninkaanmäki, Nikinmäki, Leppäkorpi) to the center of Helsinki. The bus will serve the whole Nikinmäki area.
Bus routes 736 and 739 running between Kuninkaanmäki, Nikinmäki, Leppäkorpi and Korso will provide feeder service to the train station every 15 minutes at peak times and every 30 minutes at other times.
There will be more frequent services on route 721 from Päiväkumpu to Koivukylä train station and other local services.

The following routes will serve school journeys:

From Nikimäki to schools in Korso, routes 736, 737 and 739
From a wide area to Dickursby skola and Tikkurila Upper Secondary School, routes 570, 711, 717, 724, 735 and 736
From Nikinmäki to Sotunki Upper Secondary School, route 736
From Päiväkumpu to Havukoski School, route 721

You can view the routes and stops also on the route map for the area (a separate PDF file).

Changes to existing routes and new bus routes

New bus routes, their route maps as well as typical headways on different days of the week and at different times are listed below. You can view the routes and stops also on the route map for the area (a separate PDF file).

570, Mellunmäki - Tikkurila - Aviapolis - Airport

Bus route 562(N) will be converted into trunk route 570. The route of the new trunk bus service will be almost the same as that of bus 562, but the new route will run from Pakkala to Aviapolis via Toinen savu and the route will terminate at Helsinki Airport. The bus will run via Rajakylä, Jakomäki, Vaarala, Hakunila, Hakkila, Tikkurila, Viertola and the Jumbo shopping center.

Unlike other bus services, trunk bus services do not serve all stops along their routes in order to speed up journey times and to operate more reliably. However, the stops not served by trunk bus route 570, will be served by other routes. You can board the trunk route buses also through the middle doors.

When deciding which stops the trunk route will serve, we considered the number of passengers boarding at each stop, future land use, important locations nearby and the service network in Vantaa.

Headways of the route on different days of the week and at different times

	Operating hours (approximately)	Morning	Midday	Afternoon	Evening	Night	Early morning
Mon-Thu	Around the clock	10	10	10	10-20	30	30
Fri	Around the clock	10	10	10	10-20	30	30
Sat	Around the clock	15-20	10	10	15-20	30	30
Sun	Around the clock	20	15	15	20	30	30

Map showing the route

List of stops no longer served

V5358	Airport train station
V5267	Mekaanikontie
V5265	Aviapolis
V5237	Toinen savu
V5154	Osuustie
V5138	Valuuttapolku
V5226	Kiitoradant., ramp
V6843	Ohtolankatu
V6827	Mesikukantie
V6303	Savikkatie
V6217	Edvard Blomqvistin p
V6699	Kunnaantie
V6603	Kanervantie
V6409	Pelto-ojan tie
V9412	Liinakkokuja
V9416	Raudikkopolku
V9420	Hepopolku
V9301	Vaaralantie
V9310	Rajatie
V9505	Viestitie
V9512	Rajakylä School
V9104	Pallastunturintie
V9118	Keihästie

Route in a larger map

587, Mellunmäki - Honkanummi - Korso - Vierumäki

Bus route 587 will be rerouted in Korso to run from Korso station to Vierumäki from 16 August. The section of route to Leppäkorpi no longer served by bus 587 will be served by buses 736 and 739.

	Operating hours (approximately)	Morning	Midday	Afternoon	Evening	Night	Early morning
Mon-Thu	5am–11.30pm	30	60	30	60
Fri	5am–11.30pm	30	60	30	60
Sat	5.30am–10.30pm	60	60	60	60
Sun	5.30am–10.30pm	60	60	60	60

Map showing the route

Route in a larger map

631, Tikkurila - Koivukylä - Korso - Kulomäki

711, Hakaniemi - Kuusikko - Tikkurila

Bus route 711 will run from East Vantaa to central Helsinki. The terminus of the route will be in Hakaniemi. The route will be extended to Kalasatama in the coming years as construction works in Kalasatama and Hermanni progress. In Vantaa, the terminus of route 711 will be in Tikkurila.

Headways of the route on different days of the week and at different times

	Operating hours (approximately)	Morning	Midday	Afternoon	Evening	Night	Early morning
Mon–Thu	5.30am–11.30pm	20	20	20	30	No	No
Fri	5.30am–11.30pm	20	20	20	30	No	No
Sat	6am–11.30pm	30	30	30	30	No	No
Sun	6am–11pm	30	30	30	30	No	No

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Route in a larger map

717, Rautatientori - Hakunila - Honkanummi - Tikkurila

Regional bus route 717, which serves Hakunila, will be extended from Kolohonka to Tikkurila. The route will replace bus route 712(A) which will be withdrawn. The bus will no longer run via Kuninkaanmäki. Services on bus route 717A will be transferred to bus route 718.

There will different route versions: route 717K will serve Fazerila and Tikkurila. Night route 717N will be shortened: the route will terminate in Nissas instead of Kolohonka.

Headways of the route on different days of the week and at different times

	Operating hours (approximately)	Morning	Midday	Afternoon	Evening	Night	Early morning
Mon–Thu	4.30am–11pm	15–20	20	20	20	No	No
Fri	4.30am–11pm	15–20	20	20	20	No	No
Sat	6am–11pm	30	20	20	20	No	No
Sun	6am–11pm	30	20	20	20	No	No

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Route in a larger map

718/A, Rautatientori - Hakunila - Nissas/ Sotunki

Sotunki will be served by bus route 718A, which will run Monday to Friday from Sotunki to Helsinki in the morning and from Helsinki to Sotunki in the afternoon and early evening. At other times, journeys from Sotunki to Helsinki will require transfers in Hakunila or Tikkurila. There will be no changes to the basic route, 718.

Headways of the route on different days of the week and at different times

	Operating hours (approximately)	Morning	Midday	Afternoon	Evening	Night	Early morning
Mon–Thu	6am–9am, 3pm–8pm	15–20	No	20	20	No	No
Fri	6am–9am, 3pm–8pm	15–20	No	20	20	No	No

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Route in a larger map

721, Hakaniemi - Honkanummi - Havukoski - Päiväkumpu - Koivukylä

Bus route 721 is a new bus route which will provide direct links from Havukoski and Päiväkumpu to Helsinki. The route will replace the service of bus route 724, which will be rerouted. The bus will depart from Hakaniemi in Helsinki and terminate at Koivukylä station in Vantaa.

Headways of the route on different days of the week and at different times

	Operating hours (approximately)	Morning	Midday	Afternoon	Evening	Night	Early morning
Mon–Thu	5am–11pm	10–20	20	10–20	30	No	No
Fri	5am–11pm	10–20	20	10–20	30	No	No
Sat	6am–11pm	30	30	30	30	No	No
Sun	6am–11pm	30	30	30	30	No	No

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Route in a larger map

724, Tikkurila - Jokiniemi - Havukoski - Päiväkumpu

Bus route 724 will in the future run from Tikkurila via Jokiniemi and Havukoski to Päiväkumpu. In other words, the bus will no longer run from Tikkurila to the Railway Square in Helsinki. The new route, 721, will provide links from Havukoski to Helsinki.

Headways of the route on different days of the week and at different times

	Operating hours (approximately)	Morning	Midday	Afternoon	Evening	Night	Early morning
Mon–Thu	7.30am–10am, 12noon–3pm	60	No	60	No	No	No
Fri	7.30am–10am, 12noon–3pm	60	No	60	No	No	No

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731, Hakaniemi - Mikkola - Korso - Kulomäki

The terminus of bus route 731 will move from the Railway Square to Hakaniemi. In addition, the bus will start running via Lahdentie in Kaskela. Night bus route 731N will run from the Railway Square.

Headways of the route on different days of the week and at different times

	Operating hours (approximately)	Morning	Midday	Afternoon	Evening	Night	Early morning
Mon–Thu	4.30am–1.30am	20	20	20	30	60(N)	No
Fri	4.30am–4.30am	20	20	20	30	60(N)	60(N)
Sat	4.30am–4.30am	30–60	30	30	30	60(N)	60(N)
Sun	4.30am–1.30am	30–60	30	30	30	60(N)	No

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734, Jokivarsi - Korso

Bus route 734 is a new feeder service from Jokivarsi via Metsola to Korso station. The bus will mainly run every 30 minutes.

Headways of the route on different days of the week and at different times

	Operating hours (approximately)	Morning	Midday	Afternoon	Evening	Night	Early morning
Mon–Thu	5am–11pm	30	30	30	30	No	No
Fri	5am–11pm	30	30	30	30	No	No
Sat	6am–11pm	30–60	30	30	30	No	No
Sun	7am–11pm	30–60	30	30	30	No	No

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735, Tikkurila - Korso - Mikkola

736, Tikkurila - Sotunki - Nikinmäki - Leppäkorpi - Korso

Bus route 736 will run from Tikkurila to Nikinmäki via Hakunila, Sotunki, Kuninkaanmäki and Kuusijärvi. In addition, route 736B will run between Nikinmäki and Korso.

On their shared section of route between Nikinmäki and Korso, buses 736 and 739 will run approximately every 15 minutes at peak times and every 30 minutes at other times. Bus route 587 will provide alternative service from Korso to Vierumäki and bus route 619 will serve between Tikkurila and Malminiitty.

Headways of the route on different days of the week and at different times

	Operating hours (approximately)	Morning	Midday	Afternoon	Evening	Night	Early morning
Mon–Thu	5am–10pm	30	60	30	60	No	No
Fri	5am–10pm	30	60	30	60	No	No
Sat	7am–10pm	60	60	60	60	No	No
Sun	8am–10pm	60	60	60	60	No	No

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739, Rautatientori - Kuninkaanmäki - Nikinmäki - Korso

There will be changes to bus routes 736 and 739 especially in the Nikinmäki area. From the direction of Helsinki, the buses will run via Etelä-Nikinmäki and Pohjois-Nikinmäki to Leppäkorpi and terminate at Korso station. Bus route 739 will no longer run via Päiväkumpu. Instead, the bus will run via Kolohonka and Kuninkaanmäki.

Headways of the route on different days of the week and at different times

	Operating hours (approximately)	Morning	Midday	Afternoon	Evening	Night	Early morning
Mon–Thu	4.30am–1am	30	60	30	60	No	No
Fri	4.30am–1am	30	60	30	60	No	No
Sat	6am–1am	60	60	60	60	No	No
Sun	6am–1am	60	60	60	60	No	No

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Routes to be withdrawn

The current bus routes 712 and 722 will be withdrawn but their service will be replaced by rerouting other bus routes. Between Tikkurila and Kolohonka, bus route 712 will be replaced by route 717, which will run much more frequently than route 712. Bus route 736 will provide direct journeys from Tikkurila via Hakunila and Sotunki to Kuninkaanmäki. In addition, indirect journeys between Tikkurila and Kuninkaanmäki are possible by changing from trunk bus route 570 or from bus route 717 to bus route 739.

Bus route 722 will be replaced by frequently running bus route 721, which will depart from Hakaniemi in Helsinki. Bus 721 will run from Lahdenväylä via Ring Road III to Vanha Porvoontie, from where it will continue via Havukoski, Päiväkumpu and Rekola to Koivukylä station.

Bus route 717 will run from the Railway Square to Vantaan akseli. The fastest way from the center of Helsinki to Havukoski is by train to Koivukylä station. Havukoski is within walking distance from the station but it is also possible to take bus 587, 624 or 735. Bus route 623 continues to run from Hakaniemi to Havukoski. Neighborhood route 723 goes from Havukoski to Koivukylä Health Center.

Night bus routes

There will also be changes to night bus routes. Night bus routes will mainly be based on the service areas of they daytime routes. After 11pm, services will be provided to the key housing areas from Tikkurila and downtown Helsinki. Night bus routes serving the area will depart from the Railway Square in Helsinki.

Bus routes serving areas in the direction of Lahdenväylä at night time:

570, Mellunmäki – Tikkurila – Aviapolis – Helsinki Airport
- The trunk bus route operates around the clock.
624N, Tikkurila – Simonkylä – Leinelä – Ilola – Ruskeasanta – Tikkurila
- The night bus is operated as a circular route.
631, Tikkurila – Korso – Kulomäki
717N, Rautatientori – Hakunila – Nissas
- In Helsinki, the bus runs via Jakomäentie
721N, Rautatientori – Jokiniemi – Havukoski – Päiväkumpu – Koivukylä station
731N, Rautatientori – Mikkola – Korso – Kulomäki
735, Tikkurila – Korso – Mikkola
739, Rautatientori – Kuninkaanmäki – Nikinmäki – Korso

More detailed timetables

PDF timetables are already available at HSL.fi. The timetables will be available in the Journey Planner from 18 July 2021.

PDF timetables from 16 August 2021