The Hikiä railway station (, ) is located in

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, in the village and urban area of Hikiä. It is located along the

Riihimäki Riihimäki (; ) is a town and municipality in the south of Finland, about north of Helsinki and southeast of Tampere. An important railway junction is located in Riihimäki, since railway tracks from Riihimäki lead to Helsinki, Tampere and La ...

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Lahti Lahti (; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Päijät-Häme. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Lahti is approximately , while the Lahti sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the mo ...

line, and its neighboring stations are

in the west and

Oitti Oitti is a village in the municipality of Hausjärvi in Finland with approximately 1,963 residents as of December 31, 2017. Along with Hikiä and Ryttylä, it is one of the population centers of Hausjärvi. As the municipality’s administrative c ...

in the east.

History

Hikiä is one of the original intermediate stations of the

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, and was opened for passenger traffic in November 1869. It was placed on the crossing between the railway and the road between

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and the church of Hausjärvi. The railway played a significant role in the development of Hikiä, helping it overtake the Hausjärvi church village in population. In 1960 Hikiä had 700 inhabitants, compared to 200 of the Hausjärvi church village. Hikiä's population in 2018 was 1,068. Hikiä became an unstaffed station in 1976 and its freight traffic was abolished in 1991. In 2005, its platforms were rebuilt and moved approximately to the east towards

, which made it possible to replace the former cross-platform pedestrian level crossing with the overpass on regional road 290.

Architecture

The station building in Hikiä was built according to stock plans for class IV stations on the Riihimäki–St. Petersburg line, designed by

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. Construction was completed in 1869, and the building was later expanded in two phases in 1883 and 1904, using the same plans drawn by

Bruno Granholm Bruno Ferdinand Granholm (May 14, 1857 in Myrskylä – September 29, 1930) was a Finnish architect. He served as the chief architect of Rautatiehallitus (The Railroad Board) between 1892 and 1926. Many of the station buildings he designed are ...

for the extensions of the Lappila station in 1876 and 1900. As per a railyard diagram dating to 1873, the Hikiä station at the time also included a warehouse and a

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at the end of a siding stretching from the far eastern end from the railyard, as well as two additional sidings to its south. The Hikiä station and its related buildings were transferred into the possession of

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in 2007.

Services

Hikiä is an intermediate station on VR commuter rail line on the route

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. Westbound trains towards Riihimäki stop at track 1 and eastbound ones towards Lahti use track 2. Prior to the opening of the Kerava-Lahti railway line, Hikiä was also served by the unnamed regional trains on the route Helsinki–Riihimäki–Lahti–

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– Kotka Harbour. A VR ticket vending machine, as well as high platforms enabling accessible entry to low-floor trains, are present at the station.

External links

Train departures and arrivals at Hikiä
on Fintraffic

Notes

References

{{Helsinki commuter rail/navbox Hausjärvi Knut Nylander railway stations Railway stations in Finland opened in 1869 Railway stations in Kanta-Häme