2016: The Closing of a Longtime Railway Station in Finland

March 27, 2016

In the Helsinki metropolitan area, a railway station in the municipality of Tuusula was closed after decades of service. This station was specifically located in the municipality’s Nuupulinna neighborhood. At the time of its shutdown, Nuupulinna railway station was part of the commuter rail system operated by Helsinski-Riihimäki railway in that region of Finland.

Nuupulinna railway station had been established in 1886 with a platform as its only form of infrastructure. The first building at the site was an old station house transferred there from the Helsinski district of Käpylä in 1922. This building was replaced by a new one eight years later.

The new building at Nuupulinna railway station was designed by architect Jarl Ungern (1888-1974). Ungern began working for the construction department of Finland’s National Board of Railways in 1923 and, from 1945 to 1958, served as the head of that department. (The National Board of Railways existed between 1877 and 1990; the entities now handling its various roles and responsibilities include the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency and government-owned railway company VR-Group Pic.)

Nuppulinna railway station became unstaffed as of 1972. The building that had been designed by Ungern — and is pictured in the accompanying 1972 photo — was demolished in 1995. On the station’s last day of service in 2016, the final train stop there took place a little after six o’clock on that Sunday morning.

Photo Credit: Public Domain

For more information on Nuppulinna railway station, please check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuppulinna_railway_station