After the winter war ended, the Soviet Union forced Finland to build a railway Eastwards from Kemijärvi. Their master plan probably was, that they could easily transport troops and equipment to Finland when they would attack anyway. After the continuation war, the railway was rebuilt. There never was any cross border traffic, and there wasContinue reading “There Never Was Much Traffic Anyway”
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The Train Still Doesn’t Stop, But At Least I am inside
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”
Still Trainless
The chase for an open railway station continues. Today’s edition has already been featured back in 2022. It seems, that it has been built along the same drawings as the previous one, but has not been enlarged. The station infrastructure is also gone. There’s just the building left. This building is in way better conditionContinue reading “Still Trainless”
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”