Oulu railway station

Oulu
Uleåborg

VR Group station

General information

Location

Rautatienkatu 11A, 90100 Oulu

Coordinates

65°00′41″N 025°29′02″E / 65.01139°N 25.48389°E

Owned by

Finnish Transport Agency

Platforms

Tracks

Construction

Structure type

ground station

History

Opened

1886

Passengers

863 600 (2010) ^[1]

Services

Preceding station		Following station
Ruukki towards Seinäjoki	Seinäjoki–Oulu	Terminus
Terminus	Oulu–Kontiomäki	Muhos towards Kontiomäki
Terminus	Oulu–Tornio	Kemi towards Tornio
Kempele towards Helsinki	Helsinki–Kolari (overnight service)	Kemi towards Kolari

Former services

Preceding station	Finnish State Railways			Following station
Ylivieska towards Helsinki		Polaria		Terminus
Vihanti towards Helsinki		Lapponia		Terminus

The Oulu Railway Station is located in the centre of Oulu, Finland, in the city district of Vaara. All trains are operated by VR. Nearby is the Oulu bus station for long-distance buses.

The railway station was built in 1886 when the Ostrobothnia railway line reached Oulu.

The railway from the south to Oulu was electrified in 1983, using overhead electric wires at 25 kV. The electrification northwards from Oulu to Rovaniemi was not completed until 2004. In 2006 the railway from Oulu to Iisalmi was also electrified. The fastest trains from Oulu to Helsinki are operated by VR's Pendolino trains.

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Gallery

VR Class Sm3 (Pendolino) train waiting at the Oulu railway station.
A diesel locomotive (class Dr16) hauling lumber.
A part of the VR freight yard in Oulu.
Two diesel locomotives (class Dv12) transporting wood at the Oulu train station freight yard.
The VR locomotive stable at the rail yard in Oulu.
President L. K. Relander and governor E. Y. Pehkonen (president is the man in the middle with a top hat, governor on his left side also with a top hat) at the Oulu railway station on June 29, 1928.