Hanko Northern railway station
Hanko Northern Hanko-Pohjoinen Hangö Norra | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Appelgrenintie, 10960 Hanko Pohjoinen, Hanko Finland | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 59°49′47″N 022°59′17″E / 59.82972°N 22.98806°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Karis–Hanko railway | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Train operators | VR (commuter trains) | ||||||||||
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| Station code | Hkp | ||||||||||
| Classification | Part of split operating point (Hanko)[1] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 June 1920[2] | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2008 | 3,000[3] | ||||||||||
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Hanko Northern railway station (abbrev. Hkp, Finnish: Hanko-Pohjoisen seisake and Swedish: Hangö Norra) is a railway stop in the port town of Hanko, Finland along the Hanko-Hyvinkää Railroad. The stop is located approximately 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) north of the terminus, Hanko railway station. The stop is located next to a level crossing on Finnish national road 25 at one end of the Hanko railway yard.
History
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When the railway line between Hanko and Hyvinkää was completed in 1873, industrial plants started to be established outside the town centre of Hanko by the railway line, starting with a sawmill and a carpentry factory in 1883, which received a freight station (known as vaihde in the old classification of railway stations in Finland used until 1969[4]).[5] This was followed by a cookie factory in 1910 and a margarine factory in 1912. The sawmill was turned into a box factory in the 1920's.[5]
A small railway stop for passengers was opened at the freight station of the sawmill, originally named Meijeri ("Dairy") until 1910.[5] A Plattformskjul-type station building, designed by architect Bruno Granholm, was also built at the stop. In 1920, another stop named Hangon vaihde was opened a kilometre closer to the Hanko main station. In 1931, the station was renamed Hanko Northern.[5]
When the Hanko Peninsula was leased to the Soviet Union in 1940–1941, the railyard of Hanko Northern was modified to serve the needs of the Soviets. A railway track for cannons was built from the station to Tvärminne, near Lappohja. The track was used during the Continuation War and dismantled in 1945.[5]
Hanko Northern became an unstaffed station at the start of 1953 but was made staffed again shortly thereafter to operate the railway crossing by the station.[5] The freight station built for the sawmill was moved to the other side of the passenger station in 1957 and eventually torn down in 1990.[5] Since 2007, Hanko Northern has been a part of the split operating point of Hanko.[5] The station building was destroyed in a fire in 2011.
Services
[edit]The station is served by the H commuter trains on the Karis–Hanko line.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Railway Network Statement 2021 (PDF). Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. 18 June 2020. p. 92. ISBN 978-952-317-744-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 26 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
- ^ Iltanen, Jussi (2009). Radan varrella: Suomen rautatieliikennepaikat (in Finnish). Karttakeskus. p. 12. ISBN 978-951-593-214-3.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Iltanen, Jussi (2009). Radan varrella: Suomen liikennepaikat (in Finnish). Karttakeskus. p. 96. ISBN 978-951-593-214-3.
- ^ Horppu, Anna (2023-12-12). "H-juna aloittaa liikennöimään Hangon ja Karjaan välillä tammikuun alussa". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 2024-09-29.
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