So yet another one of the closed railroad stations, which I’ve featured during the previous days. There’s even a train of the latest model of Finnish locomotives passing at this very moment. Like the previous ones, this building was completed in 1886. Passenger traffic ended in 1990, much later than at the others. And indeedContinue reading “The Train Still Doesn’t Stop, But At Least I am inside”
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The Train Still Wouldn’t Stop
Yet another railway station along the same track as the others. Opened in the 1880’s along with the others, passenger traffic ended in 1983 and the station was entirely closed in 1988. Unlike the others, which still seem to be in a sensible condition, this one is starting to be fairly rotten. No luck hereContinue reading “The Train Still Wouldn’t Stop”
The Worst Of Railway Architecture
The summer and the holidays ended. I was back at work and was preparing a business trip to Kouvola to cover an article about a railroad project improving the railroad between Kouvola and Kotka. I was supposed to go by car. When I started, something was off. I realized, that I had a flat tire.Continue reading “The Worst Of Railway Architecture”
Three Of Many
Well, well, well, what do we have in here? Passenger traffic here ended in 1991 and goods traffic in 2022. Time and vandals haven’t treated treated this one as well as the previous two stations. Again the details were really beautiful. But again. I still wonder why these have been installed years after the useContinue reading “Three Of Many”
One Of Many
If you travel by train in rural Finland, these are common sights. Back when the Finnish railroad network was built, it was meant to be a faster and more comfortable alternative to horses, not for cars. There was an intensive local network of stations. Often these stations brought inhabitants and prosperity to these villages, someContinue reading “One Of Many”
A Midsummer Date Part XV
The last time I visited this railway station closed back in 1989, I didn’t predict a very long future for it. Yet here it still stands. It’s been two years since my previous visit. Everything remains closed and locked. Or has been closed and locked again. The name plates of the station have been blurredContinue reading “A Midsummer Date Part XV”
Railway Station Residential Area Part I
Welcome to a small rural town, which mostly is of its current size because there is a largish railway station there. And where there is an old railway station, there of course are other railway related buildings such as railway staff apartments. I had read from a local newspaper, that the city was making plansContinue reading “Railway Station Residential Area Part I”
Exploring With A High School Friend Part II
Next we went looking for an ordinary one family house, which my friend had spotted on her walks around the town. Unfortunately it had been demolished, but as we were making our way back to my car after trying to find it, we found something completely different. A bunker of some sort. There were noContinue reading “Exploring With A High School Friend Part II”
Views From A Dying Station
So here I am waiting for a train home at the local railway station. And I suddenly realized, that this was the first and only time when I would wait a train here. Back in the 1960’s somebody in control of the state railroad company got a magnificent idea. Railway stations would no longer beContinue reading “Views From A Dying Station”
I Would Like A Ticket Out Of Here Part II
This could as well be renamed the house of wrecked ovens. Even the one in the pink room had been smashed. There were so many rooms, that I think that in addition to the postal room, office room and waiting room there might have been an apartment in here. The floor was interesting. I couldn’tContinue reading “I Would Like A Ticket Out Of Here Part II”