Nokia railway station
Nokia | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 61°28′54″N 23°30′01″E / 61.481528°N 23.500314°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Finnish Transport Agency | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Tampere-Pori railway | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | Noa | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | C | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 4 November 1895 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 60 000 (v. 2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The Nokia railway station is located in the town of Nokia, Finland, on the Tampere–Pori railway. Trains between Tampere and Pori stop there twelve times a day, half of which in each direction. A train trip between Tampere and Nokia takes 14 minutes, according to the VR Group. There is a bus station in connection with the railway station, including a Matkahuolto cargo terminal, a taxi station, a café-kiosk and a business complex, containing a police station and a waffle café.
History
The first section of the Tampere–Pori railway line from Tampere to Nokia was opened already in October 1893 to serve the transports from the local factory.[1] A narrow-gauge railway was also built from the Nokia station to the nearby sulfite pulp plant, opened on July 3, 1894.[1]
Nokia railway station is one of the original stations of the Tampere–Pori railway line, which was fully completed and opened in 1895. The station building was completed the same year at the latest and has been expanded in 1900 and 1906, the latter of which was designed by architect Bruno Granholm.[1] Stylewise, the station has been built using designs of the so-called "Oulu railway line stop" style,[1] originally used for the stations on the Seinäjoki–Oulu railway line.
A broad-gauge railway track to serve the local factories was built in 1952, replacing the former narrow-gauge railway from the factories to the Nokia station, which was then scrapped in 1961.[1] A railway track for freight transport was built to the nearby rubber factory in 1925, followed by another one built to the nearby mill in 1940 as well as by a railway track for oil transport to the national safety stock in 1971.[1]
Passenger traffic at the Nokia station ceased in 1992, but was re-started in 2003.[1]
Services
Nokia is the westernmost terminus of the Tampere Commuter Rail M line as well as the terminus of a couple of VR commuter rail R line services from Riihimäki. All long-distance train services between Tampere and Pori also stop at Nokia.[2]
The station has only one platform used by the trains that stop at the station.[3][4]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Iltanen, Jussi (2009). Radan varrella: Suomen rautatieliikennepaikat (in Finnish). Karttakeskus. pp. 118–120. ISBN 978-951-593-214-3.
- ^ VR Long-distance train timetables Dec 15, 2024–Mar 29, 2025 (in Finnish) p. 7–8, vr.fi. Retrieved 2025-02-13.
- ^ Rautateiden verkkoselostus (in Finnish) (PDF) (page 99) Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. Retrieved 2025-02-13.
- ^ Nokia - Train Departures - Fintraffic, junalahdot.fi. Retrieved 2025-02-13.
| Riihimäki–Tampere |  | |
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| Tampere–Seinäjoki | ||
| Tampere–Pori | ||
| Turku–Toijala | ||
| Tampere–Haapamäki | ||
| Orivesi–Jyväskylä | ||
Names in italics indicate planned or closed stations. | ||
