Lappohja railway station

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Lappohja
Lappvik
VR station
Lappohjan rautatieasema.jpg
LocationKoverharintie, 10820
Lappohja, Hanko
Finland
Coordinates59°54.249′N 023°14.215′E / 59.904150°N 23.236917°E / 59.904150; 23.236917Coordinates: 59°54.249′N 023°14.215′E / 59.904150°N 23.236917°E / 59.904150; 23.236917
Owned byFinnish Transport Infrastructure Agency
Operated byVR Group
Line(s)
Platforms1 side platform
Other information
Station codeLpo
ClassificationOperating point[1]
History
Opened8 October 1873 (1873-10-08)
Passengers
200815,000[2]
Services
Preceding station VR Group Following station
Skogby
towards Karis
 Santala
towards Hanko
Location

The Lappohja railway station (Finnish: Lappohjan rautatieasema; formerly Lappviikin rautatieasema, Swedish: Lappvik järnvägsstation) is located in the town of Hanko (formerly the municipality of Tenala), Finland, in the village of Lappohja. It is located along the , and its neighboring stations are Skogby in the east and Santala in the west.[3]

History[]

Lappohja in March 1940, shortly before its surrender to the Soviets

Lappohja is one of the original stations of the private Hyvinkää–Hanko railway; it was placed close to the location where the line meets the natural harbour of the Tvärminne Storfjärden bay of the Gulf of Finland. In 1876, one year after the railway was nationalized, a 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) long siding was built from the station to the harbour. The majority of cargo transport on the line consisted of timber.[3]

Lappohja was included in the area leased by Finland to the Soviet Union in the aftermath of the Winter War. On the onset of the Continuation War and the escape of Soviet troops from Hanko, it was discovered that the original station building and the harbour siding had been destroyed. The former was replaced by a new building of a simple design in 1942. As the importance of the station grew during the time of war, it was upgraded from a pysäkki to a class V station in 1944 and further to class IV in 1945.[3]

In 1962, a siding from the west side of the station to the  [fi] steelworks was constructed. Another siding followed in 1986, this time from the east side to the Rautaruukki factory. Ticket sale services at Lappohja were ceased in 2000, and it became an unmanned station later in the same year due to the Karis–Hanko section becoming remote controlled. The station building was transferred to the ownership of Senate Properties in 2007.[3]

Services[]

Lappohja is served by all regional trains on the Karis–Hanko line;[4] the default type of rolling stock for this line is the Dm12 railbus.[5] The station does not have a VR service point nor a ticket vending machine, though it has a 55 centimetres (22 in) high platforms for accessible entry onto low-floor trains.[6]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ Railway Network Statement 2021 (PDF). Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. 11 December 2020. ISBN 978-952-317-744-4.
  2. ^ Henkilöliikennepaikkojen kehittämisohjelma (PDF). Helsinki: Finnish Infrastructure Transport Agency. 2010. ISBN 978-952-255-511-3.
  3. ^ a b c d Iltanen, Jussi (2010). Radan varrella: Suomen rautatieliikennepaikat (in Finnish). Helsinki: Karttakeskus. ISBN 978-951-593-214-3.
  4. ^ VR long-distance traffic timetable for the period 11 January−27 March 2021
  5. ^ "Regional trains". VR.fi. VR Group. Retrieved 9 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Lappohja railway station". VR.fi. VR Group. Retrieved 14 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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