The Seinäjoki railway station () is located in the centre of city of

Seinäjoki Seinäjoki (; "Wall River"; , formerly ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of South Ostrobothnia. Seinäjoki is located in the western interior of the country and along the Seinäjoki (river), River Seinäjoki. The population of Sein ...

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, at Valtionkatu 1. The current station building was built in the 1970s, and it is located in the same building as the

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. In the 2000s, the building was renovated as a modern travel centre. Seinäjoki is a significant crossing point, with connections toward

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. The track to

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only has cargo traffic nowadays. In front of the station building is a

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representing a railway worker. The

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has classified Seinäjoki railway station as a nationally significant built cultural environment.Seinäjoen rautatieasema-alue
(in Finnish) Nationally significant built cultural environments (''Valtakunnallisesti merkittävät rakennetut kulttuuriympäristöt) RKY'', Finnish Heritage Agency. Retrieved 2025-02-04.

History

Seinäjoki railway station was opened in 1883 on the Vaasa railway line (Tampere–Haapamäki–Seinäjoki–Vaasa) near the Östermyra industrial area. The original station building was built according to the designs of a Class IV type station building, similarly to Alavus and

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stations. The station was originally named Östermyra, which remained the official Swedish name of the station until 1897. In 1886, Seinäjoki became a junction station, as the railway line to Oulu was opened. At first, Seinäjoki was a "night station", since trains to Oulu spend the night there and there were also two hotels near the station for railway passengers to spend their night in. In 1911, the railway line to Perälä was opened and was expanded to

and

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the following year. The second station building designed by architect firm Heikki Castrén was built in 1968–1971. Passenger traffic at the Kaskinen railway line ceased in 1968. In 1971, the Tampere–Parkano–Seinäjoki railway line was opened. The ticket sales office at the Seinäjoki station was closed in 2016. The current station building designed by architect Anssi Lassila and the architect firm OOPEAA was opened on December 4, 2024. The fate of the former station building from 1971 has not yet been decided.

Services

Seinäjoki is served by all trains from Helsinki towards Oulu and to Vaasa as well as by railbus services via Haapamäki to Jyväskylä (some terminate already at Ähtäri).

Departure tracks

Seinäjoki railway station has four platform tracks. * Track 1 is used by the majority of long-distance train services towards Helsinki, Oulu and Vaasa. * Track 2 is used by some trains to Helsinki and one service to Vaasa. * Track 3 is used by a couple of train services to Vaasa. * Track 4 is the departure track of the railbus services to Ähtäri and Jyväskylä. Seinäjoki - Train Departures - Fintraffic
''junalahdot.fi''. Retrieved 2025-01-26.

External links

Seinäjoki travel centre

References

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