Public transport in Tampere

Public transport in Tampere consists of bus, light rail and commuter rail services linking the city centre of Tampere, Finland to surrounding residential areas and towns in Pirkanmaa region. The system is managed by the Tampere Regional Transport Authority (Finnish: Tampereen seudun joukkoliikenne), branded as Nysse. The name origins from a local colloquialism nysse tulee (from nyt se tulee, "now it's coming"), with nysse jokingly used to refer to any public transport vehicle.[1]

Logo of the Tampere Regional Transport Authority
Tampere light rail

Fare zones are in use between areas, assigned letters A-F, each depending on distance from the downtown of Tampere.

Commuter rail
Main article: Tampere commuter rail

The Tampere commuter rail network currently consists of one line centered around Tampere Central Station. Line M connects Toijala, Viiala, Lempäälä to Tampere, continuing onward to Tesoma and Nokia. Most of the services on the route are segmented on the route Tampere−Nokia; only several services a day use the entire route from Toijala to Nokia.[2][3]

The Helsinki commuter rail line R also has limited services to Pirkanmaa, having its northern terminus in Tampere.

Buses
See also: Tampere Bus Station
Buses at the Central Square

The backbone of public transport in Tampere remains the bus network. It also operates in all other towns under Nysse operation, those being Kangasala (Fare zones B-F), Lempäälä (B-C), Nokia (B-D), Orivesi (E), Pirkkala (B-C), Valkeakoski (D), Vesilahti (D) and Ylöjärvi (B-F).

The busiest and most important bus lines are branded trunk lines (runkolinjat), some of which may operate with 7.5 minute intervals at peak times.

Light rail
The first (red) and second (blue) phases of the Tampere light rail
Main article: Tampere light rail

Tampere is currently constructing a light rail network, with the first phase (city centre to Hervanta and TAYS) opened on 9 August 2021[4] and the second (city centre to Lentävänniemi) to open in 2024.[5][6]

Škoda Transtech is supplying the Artic X34 rolling stock for Tampere light rail.[7]

See also

References
  1. https://finland.fi/life-society/trams-roll-into-tampere-finland-in-time-for-the-citys-carbon-neutrality-goals/
  2. "VR parantaa junamatkustamista joulukuussa – Tampereella jatkossa yhteensä 200 junavuoroa". VR Group. 11 December 2019. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  3. VR timetable for the period August 10−October 24 2020
  4. "Below budget and on schedule: Tampere tramway inaugurated!". Urban Transport Magazine. 8 August 2021.
  5. "Kehitysvaihe". www.tampere.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  6. "Tampere tram project aims at 2021 completion". Yle News. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  7. Transtech to supply Tampere trams Railway Gazette International 3 October 2016
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