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Karis railway station

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Structure type
  
ground station

Address
  
10300 Raseborg, Finland

Platforms in use
  
3

Disabled access
  
2

Owner
  
Finnish Transport Agency

Karis railway station

Location
  
Alingsåsgatan 37, 10300 Karis

Owned by
  
Finnish Transport Agency

Line(s)
  
Y, long-distance and Hanko local trains

Similar
  
Ingå railway station, Siuntio railway station, Kirkkonummi railway station, Masala railway station, Kilo railway station

Finnish reserve set train and intercity 961 at karis railway station


Karis (Swedish) or Karjaa (Finnish) is a railway station in the town of Raseborg (Raasepori) in the Uusimaa region, Finland. The station is located along the track between Helsinki and Turku, 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.

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The Karis railway station is located 87 km west from the Helsinki Central railway station, and all passenger trains between Helsinki and Turku stop there. The station is also the westernmost terminus of Helsinki commuter rail. It also serves cargo traffic.

Finnish sr1 pulled v10203 train passes karis railway station


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.

References

Karis railway station Wikipedia