{{Short description|Light rail line under construction in Finland}} {{Infobox rail line | image = Tikkurilanraition valmistelevia töitä Tikkurilan asemalla (Vantaa, 2025) – 02.jpg | caption = Preparatory construction work for a tunnel at {{rws|Tikkurila}} in June 2025 | type = Light rail | system = | status = | locale = Vantaa, Finland | start = Mellunmäki | end = Helsinki airport | stations = 25 | daily_ridership = 31,000 (est.) | planopen = {{Start date|2029|df=y}} | linelength_km = 17.9 | tracks = 2 | gauge = {{Track gauge|1000mm|allk=on}} | website = https://www.vantaa.fi/ratikka | map = {{Vantaa light rail}} | map_state = collapsed }} '''Vantaa light rail''' is a light rail line under construction in Vantaa, Finland that will connect Mellunkylä, Hakunila, Tikkurila, Aviapolis and Helsinki Airport.<ref name="YLE">{{Cite web|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9909019|title=Vantaa rakentaa pikaratikan – kyytiin pääsee ehkä vuonna 2030|last=Tommi Kolehmainen|date=31 October 2017|website=Yle Uutiset|publisher=|url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=7 November 2018}}</ref><ref name="Vantaan Sanomat">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vantaansanomat.fi/artikkeli/677006-suunnitelma-vantaan-ratikka-kulkee-tikkurilasta-jumboon-alle-vartissa-vauhti-on|title=Suunnitelma: Vantaan ratikka kulkee Tikkurilasta Jumboon alle vartissa – "Vauhti on riittävä"|last=Lumme, Marika|date=26 June 2018|website=Vantaan Sanomat|access-date=20 June 2019}}</ref> The project was formally approved by Vantaa city council on May 22, 2023,<ref name="hs">{{Cite web |last=Salomaa |first=Marja |date=22 May 2023 |title=Vantaasta tulee Suomen neljäs ratikkakaupunki |url=https://www.hs.fi/kaupunki/art-2000009597406.html |website=Helsingin Sanomat |language=fi}}</ref> and will replace the trunk bus line 570 upon completion.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Suojanen |first=Armi |date=2021-01-21 |title=Vantaan ratikkakaduille suunniteltiin alustava ilme – tältä ne näyttävät |url=https://www.vantaansanomat.fi/paikalliset/3306055 |access-date=2025-08-02 |website=Vantaan Sanomat |language=fi}}</ref> The construction began in June 2025, with a projected finishing date of 2029.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-06-23 |title=Vantaa tramway construction begins |url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20169085 |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Yle News |language=en}}</ref>
The average speed of the system is estimated to be {{Convert|24|km/h|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Vantaan Sanomat"/> At its fastest it may travel up to {{Convert|70|km/h|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Vantaan ratikka">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vantaa.fi/ratikka|title=Vantaan ratikka|website=Vantaan kaupunki|access-date=20 June 2019}}</ref> The trip from Hakunila to Tikkurila would be 10 minutes, and from Tikkurila to Jumbo 13 minutes. From Tikkurila to the airport it would take about half an hour. The planned capacity is 170 passengers per rail car.
The estimated cost of the project in 2025 was 750 million euros, of which the city of Vantaa would pay 541 million, the government of Finland 144 million, the {{Interlanguage link|Helsinki Region Environmental Services Authority|fi|Helsingin seudun ympäristöpalvelut}} 53 million, and the city of Helsinki 12 million as the line ends in Helsinki at Mellunmäki metro station.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Salomaa |first=Marja |last2=Kalin |first2=Onni |date=2025-11-10 |title=Vantaa vääntää lentoaseman ratikkaratkaisusta Finavian kanssa |url=https://www.hs.fi/pkseutu/art-2000011616732.html |access-date=2025-11-18 |website=Helsingin Sanomat |language=fi}}</ref>
In 2025, the route was cut {{Convert|1.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} short from the planned terminus at Helsinki Airport due to disagreements between the city and the airport operator Finavia.<ref name=":0" />
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== External links ==
* [http://www.vantaa.fi/instancedata/prime_product_julkaisu/vantaa/embeds/vantaawwwstructure/141312_vantaanratikka-web-19092018.pdf Proposal (pdf, 2018)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129012747/http://www.vantaa.fi/instancedata/prime_product_julkaisu/vantaa/embeds/vantaawwwstructure/141312_vantaanratikka-web-19092018.pdf |date=2018-11-29 }} * [http://www.vantaa.fi/instancedata/prime_product_julkaisu/vantaa/embeds/vantaawwwstructure/141304_Raportti_Raide-Jokeri3_alustava_yleissuunnitelma.pdf General plan (pdf, 2018-02-23)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020032940/https://www.vantaa.fi/instancedata/prime_product_julkaisu/vantaa/embeds/vantaawwwstructure/141304_Raportti_Raide-Jokeri3_alustava_yleissuunnitelma.pdf |date=2020-10-20 }} {{Tram systems in Finland}} {{Public transport in Helsinki}}
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