Ekenäs railway station

The Ekenäs railway station (Swedish: Ekenäs järnvägsstation, Finnish: Tammisaaren rautatieasema) is located in Raseborg, Finland, in the urban area and city seat of Ekenäs. It is located along the Karis–Hanko railway,^[3] and its neighboring stations are Skogby in the west and Dragsvik in the east.^[4]

Ekenäs Tammisaari
VR station
General information
Location	Järnvägsgatan, 10600 Ekenäs, Raseborg Finland
Coordinates	59°58′46″N 023°26′34″E
Owned by	Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency
Line(s)	Karis–Hanko railway
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Train operators	VR (regional trains)
Construction
Architect	Knut Nylander
Other information
Station code	Tms
Classification	Halt[1]
History
Opened	8 October 1873 (1873-10-08)
Passengers
2008	98,000[2]
Services
Preceding station VR commuter rail Following station Dragsvik towards Karis or Helsinki H Skogby towards Hanko
Location

The Finnish Heritage Agency has proclaimed the Ekenäs station premises a nationally significant built cultural environment.^[5]

History

In the planning stages of the private Hyvinkää–Hanko railroad in the 1860s, it was not originally intended for a station to be built in Ekenäs: instead, the line was intended to cut through the eastern side of the Pohjanpitäjänlahti bay, reaching Hanko via the ironworks of Svartå, Antskog and Fiskars as well as the port of Skuru. Eventually, it was decided to have the line follow the western coast of the bay instead, which helped Ekenäs reverse its trend of negative population growth starting in 1870.^[3]

After the conclusion of the Winter War and the subsequent leasing of the Hanko peninsula to the Soviet Union, Skogby became the terminus of the passenger trains on the line; however, on the onset of the Continuation War and the escape of Soviet troops from Hanko, regular passenger services to Ekenäs continued to be suspended over security concerns. Dragsvik became the terminus instead, and travellers bound for Ekenäs were subjected to a security check in Dragsvik, after which they had to continue their journey by foot.^[3]

The Ekenäs harbour line was dismantled in 1996, and the entire trackyard followed suit in 1999, being replaced by the new passing loop built in Dragsvik in 1998.^[3]

The station building was transferred to the ownership of Senate Properties and sold on in 2007.^[3] It was renovated and converted to a travel centre in 2013.^[6]

Architecture

The Ekenäs station is one of the three preserved station houses of the original Hyvinkää-Hanko railway. The building, designed by Knut Nylander, was built in 1872-1873, and was already thoroughly repaired in 1877; its structures were also reinforced. It was extended by a third of its length towards the east in 1917. Even though some of the details of the design have changed since it was first built, e.g. various wooden ornaments on the outside have been dismantled and the indoors renovated, the station's current state is representative of its look in 1873.^[5][7]

The protected premises of the station also include the stationmaster's residence, two other residential buildings and their related facilities, and the former freight station building.^[5]

Services

Ekenäs is served by all regional trains on the Karis–Hanko line; the default type of rolling stock for this line is the Dm12 railbus.^[8]

External links

• Media related to Ekenäs railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Train departures and arrivals at Ekenäs on Finrail

References

1. Railway Network Statement 2021 (PDF). Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. 18 June 2020. p. 100. ISBN 978-952-317-744-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
2. 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 2020-09-25.
3. Iltanen, Jussi. Radan varrella: Suomen rautatieliikennepaikat (in Finnish). ISBN 978-951-593-214-3.
4. "Railway stations and routes". VR Group. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
5. "Tammisaaren rautatieasema-alue". Finnish Heritage Agency (in Finnish). 22 December 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
6. Tiainen, Paula (10 December 2013). "Tammisaaren matkakeskus on kaunis mutta epäkäytännöllinen". Yle.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 October 2020.
7. Valanto, Sirkka (1982). Suomen rautatieasemat vuosina 1857-1920 (in Finnish). Helsinki: Finnish Heritage Agency. p. 35. ISBN 951-9074-68-6.
8. "VR long-distance traffic timetable for the period 11 January−27 March 2021" (PDF). VR Group (in Finnish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-01-16. Retrieved 16 February 2021.