Pori Björneborg | |||||||||||
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| Location | Asema-aukio 3, 28100 Pori | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 61°28′38″N 021°47′15″E / 61.47722°N 21.78750°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Finnish Transport Agency | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Tampere-Pori | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | ground station | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1895 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1938 | ||||||||||
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Pori railway station (Finnish: Porin rautatieasema, Swedish: Björneborgs järnvägsstation) is a railway station in Pori, Finland. It has VR service to Tampere and to Port of Pori. Since Pori is a terminal passenger station, the traffic is quite moderate. Pori railway station serves approximately 225,000 people annually.
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History
Tampere–Pori railway and the first railway station in Pori were opened in 1895. This station was destroyed in the 1918 Finnish Civil War and replaced a year later with a new one. The present railway station was constructed 1938 in a different location. Functionalism-style building was designed by Finnish architect Thure Hellström.
Haapamäki–Pori railway was opened along with the new station in 1938. It was connecting Pori with Central Finland but the traffic ceased in 1985.
External links
Media related to Pori railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Pori railway station at VR Group Official Homepage (in Finnish)
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This page was last edited on 9 January 2024, at 18:11