Lielahti () is a suburb in the city of

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, with important industrial and commercial facilities. Lielahti was annexed to the city in 1950 from

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parish. Lielahti lies about 7 kilometres west from the

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. The most prominent sight when arriving Lielahti is maybe the M-real

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, which can sometimes also be sensed nasally. There is also a

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in Lielahti, but its use in passenger traffic was discontinued in 1984 due to its lack of passengers. It remains though as a

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station used to transport pulp even today, and its most important function is as a railway junction, since the railway tracks from

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(Björneborg) and

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merge there, continuing as a double-track railway to the main station of Tampere. The National Board of Antiquities has classified the Lielahti station area as a nationally significant protected site.Jussi Iltanen: ''Radan varrella: Suomen rautatieliikennepaikat'', p. 117. Helsinki: Karttakeskus, 2010. (in Finnish) Lielax station

In the future it is quite likely that local

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in Tampere region will again be provided by

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s, in a way or another. Then the trains bound from and to

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, and perhaps from and to

will stop at the Lielahti station.

Sources

Tampere.fi: Lielahden Osayleiskaava Selostus (pdf)
* Seppo Randell, Näköala Vainiolta, 1997: ''Lielahden kaupunginosakirja''. Tampere: Lielahden omakotiyhdistys

References

Districts of Tampere {{WesternFinland-geo-stub

See also

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