Helsinki City Rail Loop

The Helsinki City Rail Loop (Finnish: Pisararata literally translated: droplet railway, Swedish: Centrumslingan) is a planned new railway line in Helsinki, Southern Finland.

It is to be a double track balloon loop in the shape of a tear drop.

[2] The target is to free up capacity at Helsinki Central railway station to allow for expansion of long-distance trains; the existing capacity between Pasila and Helsinki has been all used up with the opening of the Ring Rail Line in 2014.

[7] In June 2022, the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (FTIA) published a report stating that the City Rail Loop is not necessary, and suggested alternatives such as renewal of commuter train fleets and improved railway signalling.

[8] However, the study has looked at a situation in which the City Rail Loop, Lentorata, the new direct line between Riihimäki and Tampere and the Helsinki–Turku high-speed railway would have been implemented.