Oitti railway station

Railway station in Oitti, Hausjärvi, Finland

60°47′24″N 025°01′16″E / 60.79000°N 25.02111°E / 60.79000; 25.02111Owned byFinnish Transport AgencyLine(s)Riihimäki–Lahti railwayPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2ConstructionStructure typeGround stationParkingYesBicycle facilitiesYesArchitectKnut NylanderOther informationStation codeOiClassificationPart of split operating point (Hausjärvi) ^[1]HistoryOpened1 November 1869; 154 years ago (1869-11-01)Passengers13,000 (2008) ^[2] Services

Preceding station	VR commuter rail			Following station
Hikiä towards Riihimäki		G		Mommila towards Lahti

Route map

Legend

					to Kouvola
					to Heinola to Loviisa
					167 Uudenmaankatu
		58.8			Lahti
					140 Helsingintie
					to Salpausselkä
		56.1			Hennala
					296 Ala-Okeroistentie
		48.1			Hakosilta Helsinki
		45.8			Tommola
		44.4			Herrala
					2954 Herralantie
					295 Mäntsäläntie
		32.2			Järvelä
					1431 Sulkavantie
		26.3			Lappila
		23.2			Jutila
					2951 Lammintie
		20.0			Mommila
		15.4			Oitti
					1471 Oitintie
		14.8			Hausjärvi freight
					290 Hikiäntie
		8.3			Hikiä
		7.9			Kekomäki
		0.0			Riihimäki
					to Helsinki

Location

Oitti railway station (Finnish: Oitin rautatieasema) is a railway station in the village of Oitti in the municipality of Hausjärvi, Finland. The station is located along the Riihimäki–Lahti line, approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) away from Riihimäki railway station and approximately 44 kilometres (27 mi) from Lahti railway station.

The Oitti stop is one half of the split operating point of Hausjärvi. The other is the Hausjärvi freight station, which is located approximately 600 metres (0.4 mi) west from the platforms of Oitti.^[1]

History

Oitti is one of the original stations of the Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg railway. The class III station of Oitti was finished in 1869, and received further expansions in 1876 and 1917. The arrival of the railway had a sizable impact on the development of the village, and the surroundings of the station became the epicenter of growth in the area. One of the field hospitals for the workforce of the railway was placed in Syväoja, some 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west from the site of the Oitti station.

The Finnish Heritage Agency has declared the Oitti station a protected culture site of national importance.^[3]

Services

Oitti is an intermediate station on commuter rail line G on the route Riihimäki–Lahti. Westbound trains towards Riihimäki stop at track 1 and eastbound ones towards Lahti use track 2. Prior to the opening of the Kerava-Lahti railway line, Oitti was also served by the unnamed regional trains on the route Helsinki–Riihimäki–Lahti–Kouvola–Kotka Harbour.

External links

Media related to Oitti railway station at Wikimedia Commons

References

^ ^a ^b Railway Network Statement 2021 (PDF). Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. 18 June 2020. p. 93. ISBN 978-952-317-744-4. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^ Henkilöliikennepaikkojen kehittämisohjelma (PDF). Helsinki: Finnish Infrastructure Transport Agency. 2010. ISBN 978-952-255-511-3.
^ "RKY ι Kohdetiedot".