Humppila museum railway station or Humppila-Museorautatie by its official designation is the northernmost

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

at the end of the line of

Jokioinen Museum Railway The Jokioinen Museum Railway is located in Jokioinen, Finland. It is located on the last operating commercial narrow gauge railway in Finland, the gauge Jokioinen Railway. The museum was established on February 2, 1978, four years after the di ...

. The station is located in

Humppila Humppila is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality has a population of (), which make it the smallest municipality in Tavastia Proper in terms of population. It covers an area of of which is wate ...

municipality in

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

, and it is located almost directly across the tracks of Turku–Tampere railway line from

Humppila railway station Humppila railway station (Finnish ''Humppilan rautatieasema''; Swedish ''Humppila järnvägsstation'') is located in the municipality of Humppila in the region of Tavastia Proper in Finland. The original station building on the track between Tu ...

. The station is located approximately east from the original

Jokioinen Railway The Jokioinen Railway (JR, Jokioisten rautatie, Jokioisten-Forssan rautatie) located in Jokioinen, Finland, was opened for temporary traffic on December 9, 1898. On October 25 1899, the railway began permanent passenger and freight services. T ...

passenger platform. The original narrow gauge station in Humppila was opened in 1898 and closed in 1974, and the tracks between Minkiö and Humppila were lifted in 1975. This eight-kilometre (five-mile) section was rebuilt during 1992–1994 and opened for traffic on June 5, 1994. Due to the ongoing underpass work at broad gauge railyard, the current museum railway station had to be founded due east from the original location. Originally the Jokioinen Railway did not have a station building in Humppila. The

on the broad gauge national line served both railroads until Jokioinen Railway was closed in 1974. The current museum railway station building originally stood at Matku railway station.

References

* Tapani Havia, Marko Laine: ''Opaskirja kapearaiteisten rautateiden maailmaan'', published by Museorautatieyhdistys ry, 2004. . Humppila Railway stations in Kanta-Häme Railway stations opened in 1994 {{Finland-railstation-stub