Lahti railway station

Kerava - Lahti, Riihimäki - Lahti, Lahti - Salpausselkä

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About the Station Lahti (Finnish Lahti Rautatieasema, swedish Lahti järnvägstation ) was Lahti 1869 the railway line Helsinki - Riihimäki - Kouvola - Vainikkala - Vyborg ( Viipuri ) -St. Petersburg tethered.

The present building of the railway station in Lahti was completed in 1935. It is based on a design by architect Thure Hellstrom. Because of the economic crisis in the 1930s, the building was carried out by one floor lower than planned. The proposed tower ( similar to those of the stations Helsinki or Tampere ) also dropped to suffer cuts.

The station is served by lines 13 ( Helsinki Kajaani ) and 14 (Helsinki - Joensuu ) of the Finnish national railway company VR - Yhtymä. In addition, the station is the terminus of line Z of the S -Bahn Helsinki.

In 2006, the station was rebuilt. By completion of the high speed line Lahti - Kerava, which was put into operation on 1 September 2006, the travel time to Helsinki shortened by about 20 minutes 48 to 60 minutes (depending on type of train ).