Hässleholm railway station is located in the city of

Hässleholm Hässleholm is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Hässleholm Municipality, Scania County, Sweden with 18,500 inhabitants in 2011. Overview Hässleholm was gradually developed from 1860 in connection with the construction of the m ...

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, along the

Southern Main Line The Southern Main Line () is a long standard gauge electrified railway between Malmö and Katrineholm in Sweden. The trains continue further on to Stockholm Central Station along the Western Main Line and terminate there (at platforms 16–19). ...

. Railway traffic started in 1860. The first proper station building was opened in 1863, although it during the years got too small. The station building in brick was built in 1921. City buses and regional buses stop nearby. Hässleholm is a

railway town A railway town, or railroad town, is a settlement that originated, or was expanded, as a result of a railway line being constructed there. North America During the construction of the First transcontinental railroad in the 1860s, temporary, ...

and the present midtown was a pure

rural area In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry are typically desc ...

before the railway construction.Historiska kartor
/ref> The station is located around from the traditional midpoint of the city.

References

{{commonscat, Hässleholm bus and train station Railway stations on the Southern Main Line Railway stations in Sweden opened in 1860 Railway stations in Skåne County Hässleholm 19th-century establishments in Kristianstad County