| Kemijärvi VR station |
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|---|---|
| Station statistics | |
| Address | Asematie 4, 98120 Kemijärvi |
| Structure | ground station |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Opened | 1934 |
| Owned by | Finnish Transport Agency |
Kemijärvi railway station is located in Kemijärvi, Finland.
As of 2010 VR operates one overnight passenger train service (with sleeping cars) from Kemijärvi to and from Helsinki Central railway station. There are no daytime services, but bus services to and from Rovaniemi are available, operated on behalf of VR.
The direct overnight train service between Kemijärvi and Helsinki was controversially withdrawn in September 2006, with VR stating that its new sleeping car trains[1] could not operate with the diesel locomotives needed for the non-electrified railway north of Rovaniemi. In March 2008 the overnight train to/from Helsinki was restored.[2]
The line from Rovaniemi to Kemijärvi opened as recently as 1934. As of 2007, the future of Kemijärvi's few remaining passenger train services were in doubt, but the restoration of the sleeping car train appears to have secured the line's future.
There is also a railway beyond Kemijärvi to Salla. This line is freight-only and is under threat of complete closure.