The Simpele railway station ( fi, Simpeleen rautatieasema, sv, Simpele järnvägsstation) is located in the municipality of

Rautjärvi Rautjärvi () is a municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It is located in the provinces of Finland, province of Southern Finland and is part of the South Karelia regions of Finland, region. The municipality has a population of () and ...

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, in the urban area and municipal seat of

Simpele Simpele is a Urban areas in Finland, built-up area and a List of former municipalities of Finland, former municipality of Finland in the South Karelia region, originally in the Viipuri Province and after the Second World War, the Kymi Province. It ...

. It is located along the Kouvola–Joensuu railway, and its neighboring stations are

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in the west and

Parikkala Parikkala () is a municipality of Finland located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the South Karelia region, from Lappeenranta and from Joensuu. The town center of Parikkala is about from the Russian border. The municipality ...

in the east.

Services

Simpele is served by long-distance trains (

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and

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) that use the Kouvola–Joensuu line as part of their route.

External links

Train departures and arrivals at Simpele
on Finrail

References

Rautjärvi Railway stations in South Karelia {{Finland-railstation-stub