At the train station

[easily-lost]

Moikka hoikka!

What does this mean...

"Lähijunien lipunmyyntivaunun pysähtymispaikka."

[sinikettu]

It is the place to stand where, when the train stops, near where the door to the carriage where you can buy tickets will be..

Rough translation..
"commutor trains ticket sales carriage stoping place"

[sammy]

Ah hah, my fav!

It means - literally, and this will sound like some Red Indian talk - "the place where the ticket-selling car of the commuter trains will stop".

Um heap difficult, I admit. (you probably know that not all compartments in the commuter trains have a conductor in them; that is, if you are going to buy a ticket with cash, you'll need to board a "lipunmyyntivaunu")

But Finns have been deluded as well. I've heard tales of some young, inexperienced people from the boondocks standing on the Pasila station under such a sign, watching train after train pass them by, desperately waiting for a separate "ticket-vending trolley" (lipunmyyntivaunu) to appear on the platform so as to enable them to actually buy the ticket and board a train

[Karhunkoski]

I've heard tales of some young, inexperienced people from the boondocks standing on the Pasila station under such a sign,

Were they waiting for the Juntin Juna ?


(was that remotely amusing? I've never tried to joke in Finnish before)

[easily-lost]

Err, so it's a place for tickets selling, not really train stops to get on board??

[sammy]

Err, so it's a place for tickets selling, not really train stops to get on board??

No, it seems you missed the point, sorry...

As said, only a few compartments/carriages in your regular commuter train are "ticket selling compartments/carriages", with a conductor that physically sells you single tickets. That is, he/she accepts cash.

Let's say you have a train with 5 separate carriages, and number 4 (so to speak) is the one where you can purchase a ticket.

So, in this case the train should stop at the station so that the carriage number 4 stops "at the sign" (and you'll thus avoid running to and fro at the platform).

IF you already have a valid ticket before you step on the train, or one of those HKL electronic cards, it does not matter one hoot which carriage you hop in to since the electronic ticket machines are found in all carriages.

[sinikettu]

Now we know why she choose her name

[easily-lost]

Ah, I get it. Just wanted to double check before I wander to some strange places. It happens!

Anyway, hopefully I can manage to get to Helsinki on my own as I never done that before yet. Wish me good luck.

[sammy]

Were they waiting for the Juntin Juna ?

(was that remotely amusing? I've never tried to joke in Finnish before)

Well, yes (although when it comes to being Juntti, it is a state of mind rather than something depending on where one comes from - many people in Helsinki are quite Juntti whilst thinking otherwise - and actually, given the choice, I'd rather be classified as juntti than stadilainen... hmm maybe I don't have that choice come to think of it )

[enk]

At least in Kilo, that sign is considered to be hilarious as the train rarely
actually stops anywhere near it (for whatever reason). So be prepared to
move quickly to where it actually stops

-enk

[Hank W.]

Lippuja myydään etupäässä takapäässä

[Richard]

many people in Helsinki are quite Juntti whilst thinking otherwise - and actually, given the choice, I'd rather be classified as juntti than stadilainen... hmm maybe I don't have that choice come to think of it

hehe, I've noticed that the sooner a stadilaiset informs you they are so, the greater chances they are juntti