Hanko Northern railway station
Hanko Northern Hanko-Pohjoinen Hangö Norra | |||||||||||
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| VR station | |||||||||||
| 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
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
The station is served by the H commuter trains on the Karis–Hanko line.[6]
References
- ^ 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.