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(Redirected from Karjaa railway station) Railway station in Uusimaa, FinlandNot to be confused with Kars railway station.
Karis
Karjaa
VR station
General information
LocationAlingsåsgatan 37, 10300
Karis, Raseborg
Finland
Coordinates60°04′07″N 23°39′41″E / 60.06861°N 23.66139°E / 60.06861; 23.66139
Owned byFinnish Transport Agency
Line(s)
Platforms3
Construction
Structure typeground station
Accessible2
Services
Preceding station VR Group Following station
Kirkkonummitowards Helsinki Helsinki–Turku Salotowards Turku Harbour
Preceding station VR commuter rail Following station
Terminus H Dragsviktowards Hanko
Ingåtowards Helsinki
Discontinued services
Preceding station Helsinki commuter rail Helsinki commuter rail Following station
Ingåtowards Helsinki Y Terminus

The Karis railway station (Swedish: Karis järnvägsstation, Finnish: Karjaan rautatieasema) is a railway station in the town of Raseborg in the Uusimaa region, Finland. The station is located along the track between Helsinki and Turku, about 87 km west from Helsinki Central railway station and serves as a connection point between three different tracks: the main track between Helsinki and Turku, a branch track to the city of Hanko, and a former privately owned track between Karis and Hyvinkää, currently largely disused.

Nearly all long-distance trains between Helsinki and Turku stop at the Karis railway station. The station is also the northern terminus of Karis-Hanko commuter trains and used to be the westernmost terminus of Helsinki commuter rail (Y-line) in 2002–2016, although the station was served by one Y-line commuter train service to Helsinki at 5.44 in the morning (HL 8570) and an L-line service from Helsinki arriving at 0.39 in the morning (HL 8525) until the municipality stopped purchasing them from HSL in June 2021, resulting in their withdrawal. The station also serves cargo traffic.

History

The Karis railway station was founded to serve a privately owned track between Hanko and Hyvinkää, and taken into use in 1873. After a few years, the privately owned track had only made a loss, and the station was transferred over to the Finnish state.

The station became a crossing point in 1899, when the track between Karis and Turku was opened. The track between Karis and Pasila was opened in 1903.

Departure tracks

There are four platform tracks at the Karis railway station used by the passenger trains.

  • Track 1 is the departure track for Karis-Hanko commuter trains.
  • Track 2 is the departure track for eastbound long-distance services, towards Helsinki.
  • Track 3 is the departure track for westbound long-distance services, towards Turku.
  • Track 4 is unused by passenger trains.

See also

References

  1. "Map - Karis - MAP[N]ALL.COM". www.mapnall.com. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  2. "Weather in Karis - accurate and detailed weather forecast in Karis for today, tomorrow and week. Karis, Uusimaa, Finland". meteotrend.com. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  3. "RKY ι Kohdetiedot". www-rky-fi.translate.goog. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
Railway stations in the region of Uusimaa, Finland
Helsinki–Riihimäki
Helsinki–Turku
Ring Rail Line
Lahti Direct Line
Karis–Hanko
Hyvinkää–Karis
Kerava–Porvoo
Lahti–Loviisa
Names in italics indicate planned or closed stations.


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