Malmi station ( fi, Malmin rautatieasema, sv, Malms järnvägsstation) is a

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in the Malmi district of

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city ...

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. It is located between the stations of

Pukinmäki Pukinmäki ( sv, Bocksbacka) is a district on the northeastern part of Helsinki, Finland. As of 2005, it had a population of 8,450.http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/helsinki_alueittain_2005/502Pukinm%C3%A4ki.pdf 2005 statistics and information about P ...

and

Tapanila Tapanila ( sv, Mosabacka) is a neighbourhood in Malmi district, Helsinki. Tapanila has approximately 5474 inhabitants (2005).http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/helsinki_alueittain_2005/503Malmi.pdf Information about Malmi and its subareas Tapanila has ...

, along the main

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track from Helsinki to

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, about north from Helsinki Central. Malmi station was opened in 1871 to serve a nearby army training ground and received new station buildings in 1873 and 1878. The third station building was constructed 1932–1934, and was electrified in 1969. The current station building was completed in 1986, and

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services began to call at this station in 1988. Malmi station was also the starting point of the Malmi Cemetery Railway ( fi:Malmin hautausmaan rautatie)

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, which served

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s heading towards Malmi Cemetery from 1895 until 1954.

Gallery

File:K-juna Malmilla.jpg, Southbound K-line train File:Malmin rautatieasema, Helsinki, Finland.jpg, The station as seen from the platforms.

References

External links

* Railway stations in Helsinki {{Finland-railstation-stub