Kuopio railway station ( fi, Kuopion rautatieasema, sv, Kuopio järnvägsstation) is located in the

Maljalahti Maljalahti (; literally translated " crater bay") is a district in the central part of the city of Kuopio, Finland. The northern boundary of the district is the Savonia railway (with the exception that the Kuopio bus station north of the line b ...

district of the city of

Kuopio Kuopio (, ) is a Finnish city and municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia. It has a population of , which makes it the most populous municipality in Finland. Along with Joensuu, Kuopio is one of the major urban, economic, and cult ...

in the

Northern Savonia North Savo (or Northern Savonia; fi, Pohjois-Savo; sv, Norra Savolax) is a region in eastern Finland. It borders the regions of South Savo, Central Finland, North Ostrobothnia, Kainuu, and North Karelia. Kuopio is the largest city in the regi ...

region of Finland. The current concrete station building was completed in 1934, which replaced the original wooden station building situated to the east, which was constructed in 1889; the latter site is now a

goods yard A goods station (also known as a goods yard or goods depot) or freight station is, in the widest sense, a railway station where, either exclusively or predominantly, goods (or freight), such as merchandise, parcels, and manufactured items, are lo ...

. ''Asemakatu'' ("Station Street"), the street on which the station is situated today, was previously named ''Linnankatu'' ("Castle Street") in the early 1900s. The name ''Asemakatu'' itself was previously used for a stretch of road situated north of the rail bridge at ''Maaherrankatu'' ("Landlord Street"). The aforementioned original railway station was located at the eastern end of this ''Asemakatu''; today, this stretch of road is named ''Pohjolankatu'' ("North Street").Kuopio map data, 1902–1949.

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Railway stations in North Savo Railway stations opened in 1889 Kuopio {{Finland-railstation-stub