Pasila station (, ; previous Swedish name was Fredriksberg until 1990) is a railway station in Helsinki, Finland, approximately north of Helsinki Central. It is the second busiest railway station in Finland, after Helsinki Central, and takes up a large part of the district of Pasila. The station was first opened in 1862 along the Finnish Main Line. The current (and fourth) station building opened in 2019. Pasila station is used to ease the congestion on the city's central station by serving as an alternate point of departure or arrival within Helsinki. All trains, both long-distance and local, travelling to and from Helsinki stop at Pasila. The Finnish Main Line going to the north (to Oulu via Tampere) and the Rantarata going to the west (to Turku) separate from each other at Pasila railway station. The Helsinki commuter trains in the direction of Riihimäki as well as all long-distance trains except those going to Turku use the Finnish Mainline, while the commuter trains towards Vantaankoski and Kirkkonummi, as well as long-distance trains to Turku use the Rantarata line. Pasila station is one of two stations in Helsinki to serve long-distance traffic, the other being the central station. All other stations in Helsinki only serve local traffic. In terms of train lines, the only differences between Pasila station and the central station are the smaller number of tracks with platforms (11 compared to 19). In 2012, the loading and unloading of cars onto trains was moved from Helsinki Central to a new car terminal built north of Pasila. The station was under extensive renovation from 2015 to 2019. The new station opened on 17 October 2019. Station building The current station building in Pasila was taken into use on 17 October 2019. It has been built on top of pillars above the tracks, and is integrally connected to the Mall of Tripla shopping centre next to it. The Pasilansilta traffic bridge connecting the districts of Itä-Pasila and Länsi-Pasila passes to the south of the Pasila railway station and the shopping centre. History Background The first side tracks in Pasila were built in the late 1870s when traffic in the city centre and the Sörnäinen harbour increased. The proper start of the construction of the railway yard is seen as have happened from 1889 to 1890. First station building The current station building is the fourth station building in Pasila, if temporary