The Kajaani railway station was built from 1904 to 1905, when the railway from

Iisalmi Iisalmi (; sv, Idensalmi) is a town and municipality in the region of Northern Savonia in Finland. It is located north of Kuopio and south of Kajaani. The municipality has a population of (), which makes it the second largest of the five towns ...

Kajaani Kajaani (; sv, Kajana) is the most populous town and the capital of the Kainuu Region of Finland. It is located southeast of Lake Oulu (Oulujärvi), which drains into the Gulf of Bothnia through the Oulu River (Oulujoki). As of , it had a pop ...

was completed as an extension to the

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. The station building was designed by

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. This Jugend building has been called the most beautiful station building in

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Services

The station has a ticket vending machine and a ticket sales office. The waiting room is open during train service hours.

Trackyard

The Kajaani station trackyard underwent a large amount of upgrade and repair work in 2005, when the railway from Iisalmi to Kontiomäki was electrified. Also the manual switchboard on the Kajaani station trackyard was dismantled. Nowadays the traffic is handled remotely from

Iisalmi railway station Iisalmi railway station is located in Iisalmi, Finland. The station is operated by VR. In December 2006 the electrification Electrification is the process of powering by electricity and, in many contexts, the introduction of such power by c ...

. The trackyard has two tracks for passenger transport and five tracks for cargo transport. The trackyard has a track connection to the Lamminniemi paper factory and towards Petäisenniska.

References

External links

VR: Kajaani station opening hours
Railway stations in Kainuu

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