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Compare coach and train for Tampere to Helsinki
Omio recommends booking the train as it is the most popular option from Tampere to Helsinki among Omio's users. If you are prioritising price take the coach with prices starting from £5. For those with little time consider booking a train which can get you there in 1h 50m. The ticket price range depends on the travel mode: a coach costs an average of £5, and a train costs an average of £8.
Distance: 160 km
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2h 20m Average total duration Fastest 1h 50m Onboard + 30m Additional time* | 4h 12m Average total duration 3h 42m Onboard + 30m Additional time* |
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Travel optionsfrom Tampere to Helsinki
How to get to Helsinki from Tampere by train, bus, flight or ferry.
Our recommendation
The best way to travel from Tampere to Helsinki is by taking a coach because it’s the best combination of price and speed.
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FAQs: Tampere to Helsinki
Travel to Helsinki easily. Whether you want fast, cheap or something entirely different, our travel experts have collected everything you need to know so you can find the best option from Tampere to Helsinki.

This is compared to other travel options from Tampere to Helsinki:
A coach is £4 less than a train for this route with tickets for a train from Tampere to Helsinki costing on average £8.
Other travel options to Helsinki take longer:
Coach takes on average 2h 35m.
- Around 80 trains per day.
- Around 7 coaches per day.
However, we recommend checking specific travel dates for your route between Tampere and Helsinki as scheduled services by coach and train can vary by season or day of the week.
- Trains mostly depart from Tampereen Rautatieasema and arrive in Helsinki Central.
- Coaches mostly depart from Tampere, Linja-autoasema and arrive in Helsinki, linja-autoasema.
- Travel with FlixBus to go to Helsinki by coach.
- Travel with VR to go to Helsinki by train.
- 7 direct coaches per day with FlixBus.
- 73 direct trains per day with VR.
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