Ylistaro railway station

Coordinates: 62°55′05″N 022°31′58″E / 62.91806°N 22.53278°E / 62.91806; 22.53278
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Ylistaro
Closed VR station
General information
LocationMöllintie 1, 61410
Ylistaron asemanseutu, Ylistaro
Finland
Coordinates62°55′05″N 022°31′58″E / 62.91806°N 22.53278°E / 62.91806; 22.53278
Owned byFinnish Transport Infrastructure Agency
Operated byVR Group
Line(s)Seinäjoki-Vaasa
Platforms1 side platform
Other information
Station codeYst
ClassificationHalt[1]
History
Opened29 September 1883 (1883-09-29)
Closed20 June 2016 (2016-06-20)
Passengers
200813,000[2]
Discontinued services
Preceding station VR Group Following station
Seinäjoki
Terminus
 Seinäjoki–Vaasa Isokyrö
towards Vaasa
Location
Map

The Ylistaro railway station (Finnish: Ylistaron rautatieasema, Swedish: Ylistaro järnvägsstation) is a closed station located in the city of Seinäjoki (formerly the municipality of Ylistaro), Finland, in the village of Ylistaron asemanseutu. It was located along the Seinäjoki–Vaasa railway, and its neighboring stations at the time of closing were Seinäjoki in the east and Isokyrö in the west.[3]

History

Ylistaro was opened under the name of Kaukola at the same time as the rest of the Seinäjoki–Vaasa line, on 29 September 1883. Just five years later, it was elevated from the status of a pysäkki to that of a class V station, and was renamed Ylistaro after the municipality in which it was located. Owing to the station being located quite far away from the surroundings of the Ylistaro Church, a village of its own grew around it. The two villages had merged to form one urban area by the end of the 1990s.[3]

Ylistaro was made an unmanned station in 1982 and its freight transport services were ceased in 1999, which prompted the dismantling of its rail yard in the year after.

Helsinki. The company then established a replacement bus service to serve the surroundings the closed stations. This made Tervajoki the only intermediate station used by the InterCity trains between Seinäjoki and Vaasa.[4][5]

Architecture

The station building was constructed according to stock blueprints for the pysäkki stations on the Vaasa railway in 1881–1883. It was expanded from both ends in 1893 according to a design from

Neo-Renaissance in style.[6]

The station still has a parking zone, as well as a low, 177 metres (581 ft) long side platform.[7]

External links

References

  1. ISBN 978-952-317-744-4
    . Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  2. ISBN 978-952-255-511-3. Archived
    (PDF) from the original on 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-951-593-214-3
    .
  4. ^ "Uudet nopeat junayhteydet säästävät suomalaisten aikaa". VR Group (in Finnish). 2 May 2016. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  5. ^ "VR:n bussiyhteys Vaasan ja Seinäjoen välillä alkaa liikennöidä 20.6". VR Group (in Finnish). 7 June 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  6. ISBN 951-9074-68-6
    .
  7. ISBN 978-952-317-826-7
    .
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