The Villähde railway station (, ) is located in the city of

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(formerly the municipality of Nastola),

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, in the district of Villähde. It is located along the

–

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line, and its neighboring stations are

in the west and Nastola in the east.

History

1st station

In 1870, the owner of the , Werner Wessner, expressed his interest in founding a station in Villähde to assist the nearby large estates in getting their goods on the market. The proposal was not accepted at this time; the matter was brought back up by Wessner as well as the locals of the western parts of the parish of Nastola, this time meeting success. The site of the station was not seen as optimal to serve the Ersta Manor, but it was also located in a convenient location at a crossing between the local roads to

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and

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. Wessner donated the lands surrounding the future station to the state, and the station of Villähde was opened in the year 1888. The Class V station building was completed in the same year, and it was accompanied by a warehouse and two residential buildings. The station was originally founded under the name ''Villähti''; the name was changed to ''Villähde'' in 1938. After the

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, a car chassis factory as well as a furniture workshop were founded in Villähde. However, upon the foundation of the Lankila and Haravakylä halts (in 1940 and 1945, respectively), the number of passengers at Villähde began to dwindle due to the locations of the halts better serving the population centers in the region. Despite the urban area of Villähde reaching a total population of 1,300 residents by 1970, the station was closed from passengers in the same year and was made unstaffed in 1971. Its railyard was disassembled in 1995, and therefore the first operating point of Villähde was closed.

2nd station

Villähde was reopened in 2009 as a crossover point. After the passenger services of the Nastola area were transferred from Uusikylä to the new Nastola halt in the centre of the municipality in 2005, the municipal council and its residents started once again an initiative to build a station in Villähde. Both stations were subsequently rebuilt and reopened in 2010, which made Nastola home to a total of three active railway stations.

Services

Villähde is served by all trains on the route Lahti–Kouvola–Kotka Port. The intermediate stations between Lahti and Kouvola are also served by all but one rush hour service on the route

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–Lahti–Kouvola.

Departure tracks

Villähde has two platform tracks. * Track 1 is used by trains to Helsinki and trains to Lahti. * Track 2 is used by trains to Kouvola and trains to Kouvola/Kotka Port. Villähde - Train Departures - Fintraffic
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External links

Train departures and arrivals at Villähde
on Finrail

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Villähde Railway Station Lahti Railway stations in Päijät-Häme Railway stations in Finland opened in 1888