HSL area and zones

The HSL area consists of HSL's member municipalities: Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen, Siuntio, Kirkkonummi, Sipoo, Kerava and Tuusula.

The HSL area is divided into four zones, identified by letters A, B, C and D, spreading out from the center of Helsinki.

According to the current plan, HSL will introduce a new zone E on 2 June 2026. The new zone E will include Järvenpää and the northern parts of Tuusula.

Which ticket do I need?

Before buying a ticket, check which zones you will travel through and make sure your ticket is valid for all required zones.

In Helsinki, Espoo, Kauniainen and Vantaa, i.e. in zones A, B and C, you need an AB or BC ticket, depending on the area you travel in. NB! There are no single-zone tickets for zones A, B and C.

You can see the zone boundaries on a map in the route search. The route search also tells you which ticket you need for your journey.

Try the route search

Zone extension tickets

If you have a season ticket, you can inexpensively expand its validity area by buying a zone extension ticket.

According to the current schedule, zone extension tickets will be removed from HSL’s range of tickets on 2 June 2026, after which they will no longer be available for purchase.

From 2 June, it will be possible to combine different tickets for the same journey. This means that you can buy a single ticket for the zones not covered by your season ticket. The ticket does not need to be purchased in the same way as your season ticket.

Neighboring municipalities

Residents of the neighboring municipalities can buy season tickets at the same price as residents of the HSL area. Correspondingly, residents of the HSL municipalities can purchase commuter tickets for some of the neighboring municipalities.

HSL season tickets for residents of neighboring municipalities

Residents of the following neighboring municipalities can buy adult season tickets for the HSL area at the same price as residents of the HSL area:

Askola
Hanko,
Hausjärvi,
Inkoo,
Karkkila,
Lohja,
Loppi,
Mäntsälä,
Nurmijärvi,
Pornainen,
Porvoo,
Pukkila,
Raasepori, and
Vihti.

You can buy tickets for all HSL zones, A, B, C and D.

Residents of Järvenpää can buy adult AB, BC, ABC and D tickets until 31 December 2024. Starting from 1 January 2025, residents of Järvenpää will no longer be able to purchase season tickets for the HSL area at the same price as residents of the HSL area.

You can buy a season using your HSL card or the HSL app.

Residents of Askola and Loppi can buy a season ticket only using the HSL app.

You can purchase season tickets for 14, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270 or 360 days. You can top up your HSL card with a season ticket or value at all HSL sales and service points, via the online HSL card service as well as at some HSL ticket machines. Alternatively, you can buy your ticket directly on the HSL app.

To find HSL sales and service points, see the sales point search.

Commuter tickets for neighboring municipalities for residents of HSL municipalities

Residents of the HSL municipalities can buy commuter tickets for the neighboring municipalities allowing travel by bus from Helsinki, Espoo, Kerava, Kirkkonummi, Sipoo and Vantaa to the neighboring municipality in question. You can purchase commuter tickets for the following neighboring municipalities:

Nurmijärvi
Järvenpää-Tuusula
Hausjärvi
Inkoo
Järvenpää
Lohja
Loppi
Mäntsälä
Pornainen
Raasepori, and
Vihti

More information about the commuter tickets for neighboring municipalities is available on Matkahuolto's website.

HSL tickets in Järvenpää

Järvenpää is located in the middle of the HSL area, but it is not an HSL member municipality. However, you can use HSL tickets when traveling through Järvenpää and on journeys that start from or end in Järvenpää. All stops and stations in Järvenpää are located within zone D. More information about zones

More information about zones

Järvenpää, Ainola, Saunakallio and Haarajoki train stations: you can use either HSL or VR tickets. This applies to journeys that start from or end at the above-mentioned stations.

For instance, if you travel from Saunakallio to Pasila, you can purchase either an HSL ticket for zones ABCD or a VR ticket.

applies to journeys that start from or end at these stations.

For instance, if you travel from Saunakallio to Pasila, you can purchase either an HSL ticket for zones ABCDE or a VR ticket.

Buses: HSL tickets are valid on those bus routes that, in addition to Järvenpää, also serve Tuusula (665/665A) or Sipoo (986, 987). Additionally, bus routes 989 and 989A accept HSL tickets. HSL tickets are not accepted on bus routes 989B, 989BB, 989HJ, 989J, 989HV and 989V.

Only HSL tickets are accepted on bus route 967K, which calls at Purola in Järvenpää.

HSL tickets are not accepted on Järvenpää’s internal bus routes 21–27. On these bus routes, you need to have Järvenpää’s own public transport ticket.