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Pori railway station

Pori
Björneborg
VR station
Porin rautatieasema.jpg
Location Asema-aukio 3, 28100 Pori
Coordinates 61°28′38″N 021°47′15″E / 61.47722°N 21.78750°E / 61.47722; 21.78750Coordinates: 61°28′38″N 021°47′15″E / 61.47722°N 21.78750°E / 61.47722; 21.78750
Owned by Finnish Transport Agency
Line(s) Tampere-Pori
Construction
Structure type ground station
History
Opened 1895
Rebuilt 1938
Services
Preceding station   Finnish Railways   Following station
toward Tampere
Tampere-Pori
Terminus

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.

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.



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