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Nokia railway station

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Nokia
General information
Coordinates61°28′54″N 23°30′01″E / 61.481528°N 23.500314°E / 61.481528; 23.500314
Owned byFinnish Transport Infrastructure Agency
LineTampere-Pori railway
Platforms3
Tracks4
Other information
Station codeNoa
Fare zoneC
History
Opened4 November 1895; 130 years ago (1895-11-04)
Passengers
200860,000
Services
Preceding station VR commuter rail Following station
Tesoma
towards Toijala
 M Terminus
Tesoma
towards Riihimäki
 R
Preceding station VR Group Following station
Tampere
Terminus
 Tampere–Pori Karkku
towards Pori
Location
Map

The Nokia railway station is located in the town of Nokia, Finland, on the Tampere–Pori railway. The station is served by long-distance InterCity traffic between Tampere and Pori and commuter trains to Tampere, with some services continuing southward to the Riihimäki–Tampere railway. There is a bus station in connection with the railway station, including a Matkahuolto cargo terminal, a taxi station, a café-kiosk and a business complex, containing a police station and a waffle café.

History

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The first section of the Tampere–Pori railway line from Tampere to Nokia was opened already in October 1893 to serve the transports from the local factory.[1] A narrow-gauge railway was also built from the Nokia station to the nearby sulfite pulp plant, opened on July 3, 1894.[1]

Nokia railway station is one of the original stations of the Tampere–Pori railway line, which was fully completed and opened in 1895. The station building was completed the same year at the latest and has been expanded in 1900 and 1906, the latter of which was designed by architect Bruno Granholm.[1] Stylewise, the station has been built using designs of the so-called "Oulu railway line stop" style,[1] originally used for the stations on the Seinäjoki–Oulu railway line.

A broad-gauge railway track to serve the local factories was built in 1952, replacing the former narrow-gauge railway from the factories to the Nokia station, which was then scrapped in 1961.[1] A railway track for freight transport was built to the nearby rubber factory in 1925, followed by another one built to the nearby mill in 1940 as well as by a railway track for oil transport to the national safety stock in 1971.[1]

Passenger traffic at the Nokia station ceased in 1992, but was re-started in 2003.[1]

Services

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Nokia is the westernmost terminus of the Tampere commuter rail M service as well as the terminus of a some of VR commuter rail R services from Riihimäki. All long-distance train services between Tampere and Pori also stop at Nokia.[2]

Long-distance trains primarily stop on the original side platform (platform 1). A new island platform was opened in November 2025, with commuter rail services moving there.[3][4]

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Iltanen, Jussi (2009). Radan varrella: Suomen rautatieliikennepaikat (in Finnish). Karttakeskus. pp. 118–120. ISBN 978-951-593-214-3.
  2. ↑ VR Long-distance train timetables Dec 15, 2024–Mar 29, 2025 (in Finnish) p. 7–8, vr.fi. Retrieved 2025-02-13.
  3. ↑ Nurmi, Teemu (February 14, 2025). "Nokian ratapihahanke katkaisee junaliikenteen – Uusi välilaituri käyttöön loppuvuodesta". Tamperelainen (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-09-28.
  4. ↑ Isomäki, Sanni (2025-11-17). "Nokian ratapihan uudistus valmis – lähijunat kulkevat jatkossa uudelta välilaiturilta". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 2026-07-15.
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