Hämeenlinna railway station

Railway station in Hämeenlinna, Finland

Hämeenlinna
Tavastehus

VR station

Hämeenlinna station

General information
Location| Hämeentie 16, 13200
Hämeenlinna
Finland
Coordinates| 61°00′08″N 24°28′42″E﻿ / ﻿61.00222°N 24.47833°E﻿ / 61.00222; 24.47833
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

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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

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Hämeenlinna

Hämeenlinna (Finland)

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Hämeenlinna railway station (Finnish: Hämeenlinnan rautatieasema, Swedish: Tavastehus järnvägsstation) is located in the town of Hämeenlinna, 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. The station is served by all passing commuter trains and several passing InterCity and Pendolino trains. The Hämeenlinna station also has an underpass tunnel. The station building has a restaurant.

The Finnish Heritage Agency has classified Hämeenlinna railway station as a nationally significant built cultural environment.[3][4]

## History

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Hämeenlinna railway station was the original terminus of the Finnish Main Line opened in 1862, being one of the oldest railway stations in Finland. The station soon became a significant centre point of traffic due to the water transport connections from the northern parts of the region to Hämeenlinna via the Lake Vanajavesi, as the canals built in Valkeakoski, Lempäälä and Kaivanto were completed in the early 1870's.[3] As the railway line was further expanded northwards to Tampere, the status of Hämeenlinna station as a traffic centre decreased significantly.[3]

The original station building designed by architect Carl Albert Edelfelt was completed in the same year, but was destroyed during the Finnish Civil War in 1918.[3][4]

The current station building designed by architect Thure Hellström was completed in 1921.[3][4] Stylewise the building represents Jugendstil (Art Nouveau), with some features of Renaissance[3] and Baroque-influenced Classicism.[4] The northern end of the station was badly damaged in a fire on January 22, 1984.[3]

A new railyard for freight trains was built at the eastern side of the station in 1996. The passenger train railyard was renewed in the late 1990's complete with a new underpass tunnel completed in 1999.[3]

## Departure tracks

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There are seven tracks at Hämeenlinna railway station, three of which have a platform for passenger trains.

* Track 1 is used by southbound long-distance trains as well as commuter trains D and R to Riihimäki/Helsinki.
* Track 2 is used by southbound night train services from Lapland to Helsinki.
* Track 3 is used by northbound long-distance trains as well as R trains to Tampere.

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## Gallery

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* 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

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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.
3. ^ a b c d e f g h Iltanen, Jussi (2009). Radan varrella (in Finnish). Karttakeskus. pp. 70–71\. ISBN 978-951-593-214-3.
4. ^ a b c d Hämeenlinnan rautatieasema (in Finnish) Nationally significant built cultural environments (Valtakunnallisesti merkittävät rakennetut kulttuuriympäristöt) RKY, Finnish Heritage Agency. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
5. ^ Hämeenlinna - Train departures - Fintraffic, junalahdot.fi. Retrieved 2025-01-26.

## External links

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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

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Railway stations in the region of Kanta-Häme, Finland

Riihimäki–Tampere|

* Riihimäki
* Ryttylä
* Leppäkoski
* Turenki (Turengi)
* Harviala
* Hämeenlinna (Tavastehus)
* Parola
* Leteensuo
* Iittala
* Kuurila
* to Pirkanmaa (Toijala, Tampere)

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* Hikiä
* Oitti
* Mommila
* to Päijät-Häme (Lappila, Lahti)

Turku–Toijala|

* to Southwest Finland (Loimaa, Turku)
* Ypäjä
* Humppila
* Matku
* Raitoo
* to Pirkanmaa (Toijala, Tampere)

Jokioinen Museum Railway|

* Humppila-Museorautatie
* Minkiö
* Jokioinen (Jockis)

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