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1.8.2018

Year tags are available from August 1st

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All students who have paid their AYY membership fee for the academic year 2018–2019 can pick up a year tag from Wednesday, August 1st, 2018 on. The year tags can be picked in following locations:

Otaniemi services office (Otakaari 11)
Opening hours: Mon – Fri 12:00 noon – 16:00

Harald Herlin Learning Centre, temporary service point (Otaniementie 9)
Open: August 20th – September 7th 2018, Mon – Fri 12:00 noon – 18:00

Read the payment instructions for AYY membership fee here. Please note that all year tags will only be applied directly on student cards to avoid any misuse.

 

Student status on travel card

It’s also time to update your student status on your travel card.

The right to discount is valid from the beginning of the autumn term till the end of August next year; for those who finish their studies in the autumn, the discount right is valid till the end of December the same year. The right to discount has to be renewed annually at a service point.

If a student does not renew their right to discount, they can only load their travel card with normal priced period and value tickets from September 1st on.

You can renew your student status in HSL’s service points or in temporary service point in Otaniemi:

Harald Herlin Learning Centre (Otaniementie 9)
Open: August 20th – September 7th 2018, Mon – Fri 12:00 noon – 18:00

Please note! It is only possible to update an existing travel card at the HSL service point in Otaniemi. If you need a new card, please see the list for HSL’s service points here. More information on student discounts and HSL’s eligibility criteria for receiving a student ticket on HSL’s pages.

4.9.2017

Come and get a year tag to your student card from Töölö, Arabia and Otaniemi

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All students, who have paid their AYY membership fee for the academic year 2017–2018, can now pick up a year tag for their student card.

The year tags can be picked in following locations:

Otaniemi service point
Opening hours: Mon – Fri 12:00 noon – 16:00

Arabia service point
Opening hours: Mon & Fri 12:00 noon – 14.00, Tue – Thu 12:00 noon – 15:00

In addition, year tags can be picked from temporary service points during August 21st – September 15th 2017:

Aalto University Learning Centre in Otaniemi (Harald Herlin Learning Centre, Otaniementie 9 – click for more information)
Opening hours: Mon – Fri 12:00 noon – 18:00
Exceptions: Closed during these breaks: 14:30–14.45 & 16:30–16:45

The lobby of the main building in Töölö campus (Runeberginkatu 14-16)
Opening hours: Mon – Fri 12:00 noon – 18:00
Exceptions: Closed during these breaks: 14:30–14.45 & 16:30–16:45
Please note! Friday 8th September the service point in Töölö closes at 17:30

On Wednesday 6th September you can also pay your membership fee at our service point! Please come by during the time period of 12:00 and 15:00. You can pay using a card or cash.

Read the payment instructions for AYY membership fee here. Please note that all year tags will only be given directly on student cards to avoid any misuse.

You can also pick up AYY’s annual calendar for 2017–18 from our service points. Our office dog Voltti has already approved they are great! (Check this video.)

It’s also time to update your student status on your travel card

The right to discount is valid from the beginning of the autumn term till the end of August next year; for those who finish their studies in the autumn, the discount right is valid till the end of December the same year. The right to discount has to be renewed annually at a service point. If a student does not renew their right to discount, they can only load their travel card with normal priced period and value tickets from September 1st on.

You can renew your student status in HSL’s service points or in temporary service point in Otaniemi:

Aalto University Learning Centre in Otaniemi (Harald Herlin Learning Centre, Otaniementie 9)
Open: August 21st – September 8th 2017, Mon – Fri 12:00 noon – 18:00

Please note! It is only possible to update an existing travel card at the HSL service point in Otaniemi. If you need a new card, please read: More information on student discounts and HSL’s eligibility criteria for receiving a student ticket in HSL’s pages!

12.7.2017

Year tags are available in August 2017

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All students, who have paid their AYY membership fee for the academic year 2017–2018, can pick up a year tag from Tuesday August 1st 2017 on. The year tags can be picked in following locations:

Otaniemi service point
Opening hours: Mon – Fri 12:00 noon – 16:00

Arabia service point
Opening hours: Mon & Fri 12:00 noon – 14.00, Tue – Thu 12:00 noon – 15:00

In addition, year tags can be picked from temporary service points during August 21st – September 15th 2017:

Aalto University Learning Centre in Otaniemi (Harald Herlin Learning Centre, Otaniementie 9 – click for more information)
Opening hours: Mon – Fri 12:00 noon – 18:00
Exceptions: Closed during these breaks: 14:30–14.45 & 16:30–16:45

The lobby of the main building in Töölö campus (Runeberginkatu 14-16)
Opening hours: Mon – Fri 12:00 noon – 18:00
Exceptions: Closed during these breaks: 14:30–14.45 & 16:30–16:45
Please note! Mon Sep 4 the service point is located in the corridor at building A, floor 0 (near the IT service office)

Read the payment instructions for AYY membership fee here. Please note that all year tags will only be given directly on student cards to avoid any misuse.

It’s also time to update your student status on your travel card

The right to discount is valid from the beginning of the autumn term till the end of August next year; for those who finish their studies in the autumn, the discount right is valid till the end of December the same year. The right to discount has to be renewed annually at a service point. If a student does not renew their right to discount, they can only load their travel card with normal priced period and value tickets from September 1st on.

You can renew your student status in HSL’s service points or in temporary service point in Otaniemi:

Aalto University Learning Centre in Otaniemi (Harald Herlin Learning Centre, Otaniementie 9)
Open: August 21st – September 8th 2017, Mon – Fri 12:00 noon – 18:00

Please note! It is only possible to update an existing travel card at the HSL service point in Otaniemi. If you need a new card, please read: More information on student discounts and HSL’s eligibility criteria for receiving a student ticket in HSL’s pages!

11.7.2016

Year tags and student calendars are available in August 2016

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All students, who have paid their AYY membership fee for the academic year 2016 – 2017, can pick up a year tag from Monday August 1st 2016 on and a new yearly calendar From Monday August 8th  2016 the earliest. The year tags and calendars can be picked in following locations:

Otaniemi service point
Opening hours: mon – fri 9.00 – 11.00 & 12.00 noon – 16.00

Arabia service point
Opening hours: mon & fri 12.00 noon – 14.00, tue – thu 12.00 noon – 15.00

In addition, year tags can be picked from temporary service points during August 15 – September 9th 2016:

the Student Hub of Bachelor Building (Otakaari 1)
Opening hours: Mon – Fri 12:00 noon – 18:00
Exceptions:
Wed Aug 31 at 12.00 noon -16.00
Tue Sep 6 the service point is located in the lobby of Otakaari 1

Student Hub is located in a former physics laboratory – near the IT service point – in the Otakaari 1 building. Students can enter the Student Hub at any time by means of a door code. The library customer service points will issue a door code when students show their student card (please note the shorter opening hours in August!). When the Otakaari 1 building is closed, entry to the Student Hub is through K-door on Otakaari.

in the lobby of the main building in Töölö campus (Runeberginkatu 14-16)
Opening hours: Mon – Fri 12:00 noon – 18:00

Read the payment instructions for AYY membership fee here. Please note that all year tags will only be given directly on student cards to avoid any misuse.

It’s also time to update your student status on your travel card

The right to discount is valid from the beginning of the autumn term till the end of August next year; for those who finish their studies in the autumn, the discount right is valid till the end of December the same year. The right to discount has to be renewed annually at a service point. If a student does not renew their right to discount, they can only load their travel card with normal priced period and value tickets from September 1st on.

You can renew your student status in HSL’s service points or in temporary service point in Otaniemi:

Aalto University, HUB of Bachelor Building (Otakaari 1)
Open: August 15th – September 9th 2016 at 12.00 noon – 15.45

More information on student discounts and HSL’s eligibility criteria for receiving a student ticket in HSL’s pages!

29.10.2014

Public transport fares to rise

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HSL 21.10.2014 (Read release on HSL’s webpage)

HSL fares will rise on average by 3.8 percent at the beginning of next year. The price increases are due to significant public transport investments in the region. Season and value ticket prices will increase the most.

The price of city internal season tickets will rise by three euros to €49.50 (30 days). The price of a corresponding regional ticket will go up by slightly under three euros to €98.60. The main reason for the price increases are the public transport investments underway.

“The Ring Rail Line to open next year, new Sm5 trains and new trunk route 560 to start operating in autumn 2015 will increase the public transport operating costs by some €11.6 million in 2015 and this is reflected in the ticket prices. Of course, also services will improve significantly,” says HSL Executive Director Suvi Rihtniemi.

The Ring Rail Line, automation of the Metro and the West Metro will increase HSL’s infrastructure costs also in the future. The infrastructure costs will increase in total by €64.3 million to €130 million between 2014 and 2017 so there will be pressure to increase fares also in the coming years. Half of the costs of public transport investments in the HSL area are paid by the municipality where the investment is made. The other half is paid by HSL. One fourth of the investments are funded by HSL ticket revenue, one fourth by direct infrastructure subsidies from the municipalities.

Price difference between internal and regional tickets to decrease

The prices of internal tickets will increase relatively more than those of regional tickets next year. HSL wants to decrease the price difference between internal and regional tickets as the introduction of the new zone system approaches. In the new system, the fares will no longer be determined by municipal boundaries. At the moment, internal season tickets are the most subsidized tickets. For example, the municipal subsidy for Helsinki internal season tickets is 63 percent in 2015. The real cost of the ticket is €134 while the customers pay €49.50.

The single fares will mainly remain unchanged. However, the price of a three-zone adult single ticket will rise by 50 cent to €7.50 and the child fare by 30 cents to €3.80. Also the regional night fare will rise from €6 to €7. The prices of day tickets will not change.

HSL proposes an increase for the penalty fare from €80 to €100. The amount of the penalty fare is fixed by the Ministry of Transport and Communications. The fare has remained unchanged since 2007.

31.5.2013

Announcement from the student organisations: Changes to VR student discounts

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Press release 30 May 2013

On 30 May the state-owned railway company VR and the Finnish student organisations have agreed on contract changes regarding student ticket prices and marketing cooperation. The changes will come into effect on 3 June 2013.

The changes were initiated by VR as a part of the company’s comprehensive train ticket pricing reform, which aims to adjust ticket prices towards a more demand-based pricing system. Beginning on June 3 the student discount percentage for Basic and Extra class tickets will start to vary between 45 to 55 per cent. What this means is that students receive the highest discount for tickets with low demand, while more popular tickets entitle to a lower discount.

VR has convinced the student organisations that the reform will, on average, make travelling by train more affordable for students – even despite the slight increase in the prices of the most popular departures.

The student organisations demand an evaluation of the effects of the reforms once they come into force.

Chairpersons of the student organisations state that ”the priority [of the student organisations] in this reform is to secure that students, now and in the future, can make the occasional visit back home without having to spend their whole month’s lunch budget. We assume that VR, being a completely state-owned railway company, shares our goals and we hope to continue our successful relationship with them.”

Read more in the VR press release at: http://www.vrgroup.fi/en/vakiolinkit/VRinforms/news_20130530122522.html

More information:

  • Matti Parpala, Secretary General, National Union of University Students in Finland ¬(SYL), 041 515 2225, etunimi.sukunimi@syl.fi
  • Jani Hyppänen, Secretary General, The Union of Students in Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences – SAMOK, 050 389 1010, etunimi.sukunimi@samok.fi
  • Sini Korpinen, Secretary General, Union of Finnish Upper Secondary School Students SLL, 050 364 4883, etunimi.sukunimi@lukio.fi
  • Vesa Kauppinen, Secretary General, Finnish Student Alliance – OSKU, 044 502 5035, etunimi.sukunimi@osku.info
  • Antti Malste, Secretary General, Union of Vocational Students in Finland – SAKKI, 050 310 0570, etunimi.sukunimi@sakkinet.fi