Karjaa railway station
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Karjaa railway station (Finnish: Karjaan rautatieasema, Swedish: Karis järnvägstation) is located in the town of Karjaa (Karis) in the Uusimaa region, Finland. The station is located along the track between Helsinki and Turku, and serves as a connection point between three different tracks: the main track between Helsinki and Turku, a branch track to the city of Hanko, and a former privately-owned track between Karjaa and Hyvinkää, since largely disused.
The Karjaa railway station is located 87 kilometres west from the Helsinki Central railway station, and all passenger trains between Helsinki and Turku stop there. The station is also the westernmost terminus of the VR commuter rail, and also serves cargo traffic.
[edit] History
The Karjaa railway station was originally founded to serve a privately-owned track between Hanko and Hyvinkää, and taken into use in 1873. After a few years, the privately-owned track had only made a loss, and the station was transferred over to the Finnish state.
The station became a crossing point in 1899, when the track between Karjaa and Turku was opened. The track between Karjaa and Pasila was opened in 1903.
[edit] See also
| Previous station | VR commuter rail | Next station | ||
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toward Helsinki Central
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Y | Terminus | ||
| Previous station | Finnish Railways | Next station | ||
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toward Helsinki Central
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Helsinki-Turku |
toward Port of Turku
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| Terminus | Karjaa-Hanko |
Dragsvik
toward Hanko
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