Kera railway station

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Kera
Helsinki commuter rail station
General information
Location	Kutojantie 17, 02630 Espoo Finland
Coordinates	60°12′58″N 24°45′14″E / 60.21611°N 24.75389°E / 60.21611; 24.75389
Owned by	Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency
Operated by	VR Group on behalf of HSL
Line(s)	Rantarata
Platforms	2 (side platforms)
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	Kea
Fare zone	B
History
Opened	11 April 1946 (1946-04-11)
Passengers
2019	688,430[1]
Services
Preceding station Helsinki commuter rail Following station Kilo towards Helsinki X Kauniainen towards Siuntio U Kauniainen towards Kirkkonummi L E Kauniainen towards Kauklahti

Kera is a station on the

.

History

The station is named after a ceramics factory, which took in clay from a nearby field. The factory's names have included:

• Viherlaakson kattotiili OY
• Saviteollisuus OY
• Grankullan Saviteollisuus OY
• Kera OY (from 1936)

The factory's products have included

and air moisturisers. Particular attention was paid to the usability and stackability of the items.

The factory's business ended in 1958 because of large

conurbation.

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