Lahti railway station

Coordinates: 60°58′37″N 25°39′27″E / 60.97694°N 25.65750°E / 60.97694; 25.65750
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Lahti
Lahtis
Finnish Transport Agency
Line(s)Riihimäki–Kouvola
Kerava–Lahti
Lahti–Loviisa
Lahti–Heinola
Platforms3
Tracks7
Construction
Structure typeGround station
Other information
Station codeLh
History
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2014880,000[1]
Services
Preceding station VR commuter rail Following station
Herrala
towards Riihimäki
 G Terminus
Mäntsälä
towards Helsinki
 Z
Terminus O
Kotkan satama
Preceding station VR Group Following station
through to Tikkurila
Kerava–Lahti
 through to Kouvola
Location
Map

The Lahti railway station (Finnish: Lahden rautatieasema, Swedish: Lahtis järnvägsstation) is located in the city of Lahti in Finland.

History

The second station building in Lahti in 1908

During the planning stages of the

Päijänne: one passing through Anianpelto in Asikkala on the narrow isthmus between lake Vesijärvi and the Päijänne, and another grazing the Vesijärvi on its southern shore, in the village of Lahti in Hollola. The plan to build the line via Lahti was officialized in 1864, largely due to pragmatic reasons: the line turned out approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) shorter than should have it be built through Anianpelto, amounting to a time save of about two hours per trip between Helsinki and St. Petersburg.[2]

The

typhoid epidemic, which inevitably made its way to the local population as well; out of the total population of about 7,000 of the parish of Hollola, 1,010 died in 1868, along with approximately 600 workers from elsewhere. As the only cemetery of the parish could not cope with the amount of the dead, a new one dedicated to the deceased builders was founded in the nearby village of Järvenpää, which also housed a temporary hospital.[3]

The

Päijänne.[4]

The first station building in Lahti, built according to stock plans from Knut Nylander for class III stations, was completed in 1869; however, it was destroyed in a fire soon after its opening. A new station was designed in 1873, again by Nylander, and its construction was completed in 1874. It bore a resemblance to the original Vyborg railway station building, presumed to have been designed by either Nylander himself or Wolmar Westling.[4]

Architecture

Shortly after the railway to

Tampere railway station did.[citation needed] The plan of the station is rectangular and it has two floors. It is built of dark brown brick, just as the warehouses in the vicinity of the main building. In the 1950s, the room between the station house and the rail yard was filled by a garden, featuring a fountain.[5]

In 2006, the station was renovated. The ticket office was moved from the east side of the corridor to the west side, and the storage lockers and R-kioski were removed from there, so that the ticket office is on the right-hand side when entering the station. The station restaurant is still in its original place on the east side of the station. The station platforms and the underpass tunnel of the west side of Vesijärvenkatu were also renovated. The renovation intended to make the station more efficient, when the more direct track from Helsinki to Lahti was opened on 1 September 2006.

Near the Lahti railway station is the stationmaster's quarters, which is considered to be a culturally significant building in the Päijät-Häme region around Lahti. It was built in 1912 and was designed by architect Albert Leidenius.[6]

Services

Commuter trains

Main article: Helsinki commuter rail

Lahti is a terminus for two lines on the Helsinki commuter rail network: Z to Helsinki and G to Riihimäki. It is also one end of the unnamed commuter rail line to Kouvola, which merges with line Z at points: on weekdays, two commuter trains leave Kouvola in the early morning and proceed to Helsinki via Lahti. This service is also operated in the direction Helsinki–Kouvola once at late at night on weekdays, as well as in the direction Kouvola–Helsinki on weekend middays. Additionally, several of the Lahti–Kouvola commuter services are operated all the way from or continue towards Kotka as well.

Long-distance trains

As one of the termini of the

Kouvola–Iisalmi line towards Kuopio, or on the Kouvola–Joensuu line towards Imatra or Joensuu
.

There is also a direct connection to Loviisa on the south coast, with the route's other terminus being in the Port of Loviisa.[7]

International trains

Lahti is served by both of the services operated between Finland and Russia: night train Tolstoy between Helsinki and Moscow, and high-speed train Allegro between Helsinki and St. Petersburg.

Gallery

  • The first festival train to Mäntsälä right before leaving Lahti, on 1 September 2006.
    The first festival train to Mäntsälä right before leaving Lahti, on 1 September 2006.
  • The Allegro high-speed train connects Lahti to Saint Petersburg.
    The
    Allegro
    high-speed train connects Lahti to Saint Petersburg.

See also

References

  1. ^ "2014 FI - Renor Oy" (PDF). renor.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  2. ISBN 951-849-424-X
    .
  3. ^ Järvinen, Olli (1965). Lahti ennen meitä: kylä- ja kauppalakauden vaiheita (in Finnish). Hämeenlinna: Karisto. p. 98.
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-951-593-214-3
    .
  5. ISBN 951-849-521-1
    .
  6. ^ "Valtakunnallisesti merkittävät rakennetut kulttuuriympäristot: Lahden rautatieasema ja varikkoalue". RKY.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Heritage Agency. 22 December 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Päijät-Hämeen vähäliikenteisiä raiteita ylläpidetään miljoonilla – Lahti–Loviisa-radalle ounastellaan lisää käyttöä" (in Finnish). Yle. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2020.

External links

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lahti_railway_station&oldid=1192816648"