Kouvola railway station

The Kouvola railway station (Finnish: Kouvolan rautatieasema, Swedish: Kouvola järnvägsstation) is located in the city of Kouvola in Finland.

Kouvola railway station in 2019.
Tunnel under the station's tracks in 2019.
Kouvola
VR station
LocationHallituskatu 3 45100 Kouvola
Coordinates60°51′58″N 26°42′18″E
Owned byFinnish Transport Agency
Tracks7
Construction
Structure typeground station
History
Opened1875
Traffic
Passengers634,000 (v. 2008)
Services
Preceding station   Finnish Railways   Following station
(express)
Terminus
Lahti-KouvolaTerminus
Koria
(local)
toward Lahti
TerminusKouvola-Joensuu
Lappeenranta
toward Joensuu
TerminusKouvola-Oulu
Mäntyharju
toward Oulu
TerminusKouvola-Kotka
Myllykoski
toward Port of Kotka
TerminusKouvola-Saint Petersburg
crosses border to Russia
toward Finlyandsky

The Kouvola railway station is an important crossing point station. It is located about 130 kilometres (80 mi) from the Helsinki Central railway station. There is also a bus terminal by the station and together they form a travel centre.

Kouvola is one of the busiest crossing points in Finnish railways. There is traffic to four directions: to Helsinki via Lahti, to Kotka, to Pieksämäki and Kuopio via Mikkeli, and to Luumäki, after which the track forks to two directions: to Joensuu via Lappeenranta, or to Russia via the Vainikkala border control station. The Kouvola railway station serves local trains, express trains, InterCity and InterCity² trains, and Pendolino trains.

The service to Vyborg and St. Petersburg was accelerated in 2009, with new Allegro trains operated by Karelian Trains. The travel time on high speed train between Kouvola and St. Petersburg is approximately 2 hours 15 minutes.

Proposals exist to connect Kouvola to Helsinki via a new 106 km line, Itärata, through Porvoo and Helsinki Airport.[1]

References
  1. "Helsinki – Kouvola direct link "not economically viable"". International Rail Journal. 5 April 2019.

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