Hämeenlinna railway station

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 Tavastehus
VR station
Hämeenlinna station
General information
Location	Hämeentie 16, 13200 Hämeenlinna Finland
Coordinates	61°00′08″N 24°28′42″E
Owned by	Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency
Operated by	VR Group
Line(s)	Riihimäki–Tampere railway
Platforms	3
Tracks	7
Construction
Architect	Thure Hellström
Architectural style	Jugendstil
Other information
Station code	Hl
Classification	Operating point[1]
History
Opened	1862
Passengers
2008	999,000 [2]
Services
Preceding station VR commuter rail Following station Turenki towards Helsinki R Parola towards Tampere 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 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 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

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

References

1. 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.
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 2020-09-27.

External links

Media related to Hämeenlinna railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• The built cultural environment project
• Hämeenlinna railway station at Fonecta Archived 2007-10-21 at the Wayback Machine