Pori railway station

Pori Björneborg
VR station
Location	Asema-aukio 3, 28100 Pori
Coordinates	61°28′38″N 021°47′15″E / 61.47722°N 21.78750°E / 61.47722; 21.78750Coordinates: 61°28′38″N 021°47′15″E / 61.47722°N 21.78750°E / 61.47722; 21.78750
Owned by	Finnish Transport Agency
Line(s)	Tampere-Pori
Construction
Structure type	ground station
History
Opened	1895
Rebuilt	1938
Services
Preceding station   Finnish Railways   Following station Harjavalta toward Tampere Tampere-Pori Mäntyluoto Terminus

Pori railway station (Finnish: Porin rautatieasema, Swedish: Björneborgs järnvägsstation) is a railway station in Pori, Finland. It has VR service to Tampere and to Port of Pori. Since Pori is a terminal passenger station, the traffic is quite moderate. Pori railway station serves approximately 225,000 people annually.

History

Tampere–Pori railway and the first railway station in Pori were opened in 1895. This station was destroyed in the 1918 Finnish Civil War and replaced a year later with a new one. The present railway station was constructed 1938 in a different location. Functionalism-style building was designed by Finnish architect Thure Hellström.

Haapamäki–Pori railway was opened along with the new station in 1938. It was connecting Pori with Central Finland but the traffic ceased in 1985.

External links

• Media related to Pori railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Pori railway station at VR Group Official Homepage (in Finnish)