Lempäälä | |
Type: | VR station |
Style: | VR Group |
Address: | Asematie 1, 37500 |
Borough: | Lempäälä |
Country: | Finland |
Coordinates: | 61.3133°N 23.7542°W |
Owned: | Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency |
Operator: | VR Group |
Line: | Riihimäki–Tampere railway |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 with platforms 3 in total |
Structure: | At-grade |
Code: | Lpä |
Classification: | Operating point[1] |
Opened: | [2] |
Former: | Lempoinen/Lembois (until May 1897) |
Passengers: | 62,000 [3] |
Pass Year: | 2008 |
Map State: | collapsed |
Map Type: | Finland Pirkanmaa#Finland |
Map Dot Label: | Lempäälä |
The Lempäälä railway station (Finnish: Lempäälän rautatieasema, Swedish: Lempäälä järnvägsstation) is located in the central urban area of the municipality of Lempäälä. It is located along the Riihimäki–Tampere railway, and its neighboring stations are Tampere in the north and Viiala in the south.
See main article: article. Lempäälä is served by VR commuter rail line on the route Helsinki–Riihimäki–Tampere, as well as line on the route Toijala–Tampere–Nokia. Southbound trains toward Toijala, Riihimäki and Helsinki use track 1, while northbound trains toward Tampere and Nokia use track 3; track 2 lacks a platform and is only used by trains passing through the station.