Haapamäki railway station
Railway station in Keuruu, Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Haapamäki railway station (abbrev. Hpk, Finnish: Haapamäen rautatieasema) is a junction station in the village of Haapamäki, in Keuruu, Finland. Construction on the railway line from Tampere to Seinäjoki via Haapamäki was finished in 1882. When the railway line to Jyväskylä was built, Haapamäki became a junction station. The fourth line to branch off from Haapamäki was the Pori line, which was built in the 1930s.
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Location | Asema-aukio 1 Haapamäki, Keuruu Finland | |||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 62°14′48″N 024°27′19″E | |||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency | |||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | VR Group | |||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Tampere–Haapamäki Haapamäki–Jyväskylä Haapamäki–Seinäjoki | |||||||||||||||||||
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Architect | Bruno Granholm | |||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | Hpk | |||||||||||||||||||
Classification | Operating point[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 29 September 1883 (1883-09-29) | |||||||||||||||||||
Previous names | Keuru (until 1897) | |||||||||||||||||||
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2008 | 17,000[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
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This line saw heavy traffic until the 1970s, since all trains heading for Ostrobothnia and Jyväskylä went through Haapamäki. The number of trains heading for Ostrobothnia via Haapamäki dropped off in 1971 as a result of the line from Tampere to Seinäjoki via Parkano being built. The number dropped even further once the Pori line was closed.