Hämeenlinna railway station

Hämeenlinna railway station (Finnish Hämeenlinnan rautatieasema; Swedish Tavastehus järnvägsstation) is located in the town of Hämeenlinna, Finland.

The old station building at Hämeenlinna was built in 1862.
Interior of the Hämeenlinna railway station.
View of the tracks at night time, with a train arriving at the station.
Hämeenlinna
Tavastehus
VR station
Hämeenlinna station, April 2007
LocationHämeentie 16, 13200 Hämeenlinna
Coordinates61°00′08″N 24°28′42″E
Owned byFinnish Transport Agency
Platforms3
Tracks7
History
Opened1862
Traffic
Passengers999 000
Services
Preceding station   Helsinki commuter rail   Following station
(express)
toward Helsinki Central
Helsinki-Tampere
(express)
toward Tampere
Turenki
(local)
toward Helsinki Central
Parola
(local)
toward Tampere

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.

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