Travelling

How to reach Seinäjoki?



The City of Seinäjoki is located in western Finland, about 350 km north of Helsinki. There are many possible ways to reach Seinäjoki, for instance: 

- Fly to Helsinki, take a train from Helsinki to Seinäjoki (2,5-3 h),

- Fly to Vaasa via Helsinki or Stockholm, take a train or a bus from Vaasa to Seinäjoki (1h),
- Fly to Pori via Helsinki or Stockholm. Pre-conference field trip includes a visit to Honkajoki, arranged by the organisers. 

VIA PORI

See Pre-conference field trip (LINK). 


VIA HELSINKI


International flights arrive to the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (LINK). Easiest way to travel to Seinäjoki is to take a train from the Tikkurila railway station or from the Helsinki central railway station. It takes roughly three hours by train from Helsinki to Seinäjoki.



- Via Tikkurila Railway Station
Airport Bus 61 takes you from the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport to the Tikkurila Railway Station (view the journey planner). Journey takes about 15-20 min and costs Eur 3. You can buy a single ticket from the driver. Please have small or exact change ready. 

Examples of the timetables from Tikkurila railway station to Seinäjoki (updated timetables available at http://www.vr.fi/en/index.html). Search the connections from Tikkurila to Seinäjoki. The costs of one-way ticket is about Eur 50-60.



Examples of train connections from Seinäjoki to Tikkurila. It is recommended that you double check the sched­ules in May or June 2014. You may purchase a return train ticket Tikkurila-Seinäjoki-Tikkurila in the web www.vr.fi.  


- Via Helsinki Railway Station (city central)


Finnair City Bus operates between the airport and Helsinki Central Station (depart every 20 minutes, view the schedule). Eur 6,50.

Airport Bus 615 operates between the airport and Helsinki Central Station (Bus number 620 during night time, view the journey planner). Eur 5.

A taxi from the airport to the Helsinki city centre takes about 30 minutes and costs around 45 to 50 euros.

All train connections departure from the Helsinki central station (city centre). The connection to Seinäjoki goes via Tikkurila railway station about 14 minutes after departure from the Helsinki central station. 


VIA VAASA

For national and international flights the closest airport is located in Vaasa (LINK), one hour by train from Vaasa to Seinäjoki.

  • Stockholm-Vaasa-Stockholm (LINK)
  • Helsinki-Vaasa-Helsinki (LINK


Take a taxi from the airport to the Vaasa railway station and continue by train to Seinäjoki. Timetables Vaasa-Seinäjoki-Vaasa available at http://www.vr.fi/en/index.html




How to reach the conference venue in Seinäjoki? 


On foot, by bus or taxi, please find the instructions here



Please note that you can always ask the conference organizers to help you with the accommodation and travel plans.







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