Hikiä railway station

Railway station in Finland

60°45′13″N 024°55′23″E / 60.75361°N 24.92306°E / 60.75361; 24.92306Owned byFinnish Transport Infrastructure AgencyOperated byVR GroupLine(s)Riihimäki–Lahti railwayPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2ConstructionArchitectKnut NylanderOther informationStation codeHkClassificationHalt ^[1]HistoryOpened1 November 1869 (1869-11-01)Passengers20085,000 ^[2] Services

Preceding station	VR commuter rail			Following station
Riihimäki Terminus		G		Oitti 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

The Hikiä railway station (Finnish: Hikiän rautatieasema, Swedish: Hikiä järnvägsstation) is located in Hausjärvi, Finland, in the village and urban area of Hikiä. It is located along the Riihimäki–Lahti line, and its neighboring stations are Riihimäki in the west and Oitti in the east.

History

Hikiä is one of the original intermediate stations of the Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg railway, and was opened for passenger traffic in November 1869. It was placed on the crossing between the railway and the road between Nurmijärvi and the church of Hausjärvi. The railway played a significant role in the development of Hikiä, helping it overtake the Hausjärvi church village in population. In 1960 Hikiä had 700 inhabitants, compared to 200 of the Hausjärvi church village.^[3] Hikiä's population in 2018 was 1,068.^[4]

Hikiä became an unmanned station in 1976 and its freight traffic was abolished in 1991. In 2005, its platforms were rebuilt and moved approximately 100 metres (330 ft) to the east towards Lahti, which made it possible to replace the former cross-platform pedestrian level crossing with the overpass on regional road 290.^[3]

Architecture

The station building in Hikiä was built according to stock plans for class IV stations on the Riihimäki–St. Petersburg line, designed by Knut Nylander. ^[a] Construction was completed in 1869, and the building was later expanded in two phases in 1883 and 1904, using the same plans drawn by Bruno Granholm for the extensions of the Lappila station in 1876 and 1900. As per a railyard diagram dating to 1873, the Hikiä station at the time also included a warehouse and a water tower at the end of a siding stretching from the far eastern end from the railyard, as well as two additional sidings to its south.^[5]

The Hikiä station and its related buildings were transferred into the possession of Senate Properties in 2007.^[3]

Services

Hikiä is an intermediate station on VR commuter rail line G on the route Riihimäki–Lahti.^[6] 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, Hikiä was also served by the unnamed regional trains on the route Helsinki–Riihimäki–Lahti–Kouvola–Kotka Harbour.

A VR ticket vending machine, as well as 55 centimetres (22 in) high platforms enabling accessible entry to low-floor trains, are present at the station.^[7]

External links

Train departures and arrivals at Hikiä on Fintraffic

Notes

^ The other stations constructed as such on the line, listed in order from Riihimäki to St. Petersburg–Finlyandsky, include Lappila, Herrala, Vesijärvi, Kausala, Kymi (Koria), Taavetti, Säiniö (Verkhne-Cherkasovo), Galitzina (Leypyasuo) and Terijoki (Zelenogorsk).^[5]

References

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c Iltanen, Jussi. Radan varrella: Suomen rautatieliikennepaikat (in Finnish). ISBN 978-951-593-214-3.
^ Urban settlements by population and population density, 2018. Statistics Finland.
^ ^a ^b Roivanen, Antti. "Pietarin radan ensimmäiset liikennepaikat". Resiina (in Finnish). 3/2020. Suomen rautatiehistoriallinen seura & Museorautatieyhdistys. ISSN 0356-0600.
^ "Reittikartat: Lähijunaliikenne" (PDF) (in English, Finnish, and Swedish). Helsinki Regional Transport Authority. August 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
^ "Hikiä railway station". VR.fi. VR Group. Retrieved 18 October 2021.