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Kajaani railway station

Coordinates: 64°13′12″N 27°44′19″E / 64.22000°N 27.73861°E / 64.22000; 27.73861
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Kajaani

Kajana
VR station
General information
Location87100 Kajaani
Owned byFinnish Transport Agency
Platforms2
Construction
Structure typeground station
History
Opened1905
Passengers
2016180,900[1]

The Kajaani railway station was built from 1904 to 1905, when the railway from Iisalmi to Kajaani was completed as an extension to the Savonia railroad. The station building was designed by Gustaf Nyström. This Jugend building has been called the most beautiful station building in Finland.

Services

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The station has a ticket vending machine and a ticket sales office. The waiting room is open during train service hours.

Trackyard

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The Kajaani station trackyard underwent a large amount of upgrade and repair work in 2005, when the railway from Iisalmi to Kontiomäki was electrified. Also the manual switchboard on the Kajaani station trackyard was dismantled. Nowadays the traffic is handled remotely from Iisalmi railway station.

The trackyard has two tracks for passenger transport and five tracks for cargo transport. The trackyard has a track connection to the Lamminniemi paper factory and towards Petäisenniska.

References

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  1. ^ "ASEMAKAAVA JA ASEMAKAAVAN MUUTOS Kajaanin kaupunki KAJAANI" (PDF). www.kajaani.fi. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
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Preceding station VR Group Following station
Sukeva
towards Tampere
Tampere–Oulu Kontiomäki
towards Oulu

64°13′12″N 27°44′19″E / 64.22000°N 27.73861°E / 64.22000; 27.73861