The Lempäälä railway station (Finnish: Lempäälän rautatieasema, Swedish: Lempäälä järnvägsstation) is located in the central urban area of the municipality of Lempäälä. It is located along the Riihimäki–Tampere railway, and its neighboring stations are Tampere in the north and Viiala in the south.
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| Location | Asematie 1, 37500 Lempäälä Finland | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 61°18′48″N 023°45′15″E / 61.31333°N 23.75417°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | VR Group | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Riihimäki–Tampere railway | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 with platforms 3 in total | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | Lpä | |||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | C | |||||||||||||||
| Classification | Operating point[1] | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 22 June 1876[2] | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Lempoinen/Lembois (until May 1897) | |||||||||||||||
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| 2008 | 62,000 [3] | |||||||||||||||
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Services
editLempäälä is served by VR commuter rail line R on the route Helsinki–Riihimäki–Tampere, as well as line M on the route Toijala–Tampere–Nokia. Southbound trains toward Toijala, Riihimäki and Helsinki use track 1, while northbound trains toward Tampere and Nokia use track 3; track 2 lacks a platform and is only used by trains passing through the station.
References
edit- ^ Railway Network Statement 2021 (PDF). Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. 18 June 2020. ISBN 978-952-317-744-4. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ Iltanen, Jussi (2009). Radan varrella: Suomen rautatieliikennepaikat (in Finnish). ISBN 978-951-593-214-3.
- ^ Henkilöliikennepaikkojen kehittämisohjelma (PDF). Helsinki: Finnish Infrastructure Transport Agency. 2010. ISBN 978-952-255-511-3.
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