Hämeenlinna railway station

Railway station in Hämeenlinna, Finland

61°00′08″N 24°28′42″E / 61.00222°N 24.47833°E / 61.00222; 24.47833Owned byFinnish Transport Infrastructure AgencyOperated byVR GroupLine(s)Riihimäki–Tampere railwayPlatforms3Tracks7ConstructionArchitectThure HellströmArchitectural styleJugendstilOther informationStation codeHlClassificationOperating point^[1]HistoryOpened1862Passengers2008999,000 ^[2] Services

Preceding station	VR commuter rail		Following station
Turenki towards Helsinki		R	Parola towards Tampere
Turenki towards Helsinki		D	Terminus
Preceding station	VR Group		Following station
Riihimäki Terminus		Riihimäki–Tampere	Toijala towards Tampere
Riihimäki towards Helsinki		Helsinki–Kolari (overnight service)	Toijala towards Kolari
Riihimäki towards Helsinki		Helsinki–Kemijärvi (overnight service)	Toijala towards Kemijärvi

Location
Hämeenlinna Location within Kanta-Häme Show map of Kanta-Häme Hämeenlinna Hämeenlinna (Finland) Show map of Finland

Hämeenlinna railway station (Finnish: Hämeenlinnan rautatieasema, Swedish: Tavastehus järnvägsstation) is located in the town of Hämeenlinna, Finland. Hämeenlinna belongs to the oldest railway stations in Finland, because the first railway line in Finland was opened between Helsinki and Hämeenlinna in 1862. The original station building, designed by the architect Carl Albert Edelfelt, was destroyed during the Finnish Civil War in 1918. The current red brick station building was designed by Thure Hellström and completed in 1921.

Hämeenlinna is located about halfway between Helsinki and Tampere, and because of this, the station has much pass-through traffic, even though the Hämeenlinna station is not a crossing-point station. All trains between Helsinki and Tampere, except Pendolino trains, stop at Hämeenlinna. The Hämeenlinna station also has an underpass tunnel. The station building has a restaurant.

Gallery

Interior of the Hämeenlinna railway station.
The old station building at Hämeenlinna was built in 1862.
View of the tracks at night time, with a train arriving at the station.

References

^ Railway Network Statement 2021 (PDF). Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. 18 June 2020. p. 93. ISBN 978-952-317-744-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
^ Henkilöliikennepaikkojen kehittämisohjelma (PDF). Helsinki: Finnish Infrastructure Transport Agency. 2010. ISBN 978-952-255-511-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2020-09-27.