Pori railway station

Pori
Björneborg
VR station
General information
LocationAsema-aukio 3, 28100 Pori
Coordinates61°28′38″N 021°47′15″E / 61.47722°N 21.78750°E / 61.47722; 21.78750
Owned byFinnish Transport Agency
Line(s)Tampere-Pori
Construction
Structure typeground station
History
Opened1895
Rebuilt1938
Services
Preceding station VR Group Following station
Harjavalta
towards Tampere
Tampere–Pori Terminus

Pori railway station (Finnish: Porin rautatieasema, Swedish: Björneborgs järnvägsstation) is a railway station in Pori, Finland. It has VR service to Tampere and to Port of Pori. Since Pori is a terminal passenger station, the traffic is quite moderate. Pori railway station serves approximately 225,000 people annually.

History

Tampere–Pori railway and the first railway station in Pori were opened in 1895. This station was destroyed in the 1918 Finnish Civil War and replaced a year later with a new one. The present railway station was constructed 1938 in a different location. Functionalism-style building was designed by Finnish architect Thure Hellström.

Haapamäki–Pori railway [fi] was opened along with the new station in 1938. It was connecting Pori with Central Finland but the traffic ceased in 1985.