Loimaa railway station ( Finnish ''Loimaan rautatieasema''; Swedish ''Loimaa järnvägsstation'') is located in the town of

Loimaa Loimaa (; historical ) is a cities of Finland, town and municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It is located in the provinces of Finland, province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland regions of Finland, region. Th ...

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. The station is located almost exactly halfway between the Turku Central and

Toijala Toijala is a former town and municipality of Finland, located some south of Tampere. On 1 January 2007, it was consolidated with Viiala to form the town of Akaa. Toijala is known as an important railway crossroads. The Helsinki–Tampere and ...

railway stations, making it an important place along the track. The station is located in the central area of the town of Loimaa, at the crossing point of the

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Finnish National Road 9 The Finnish national road 9 (, ) is a main route. It runs from Turku through Loimaa, Tampere, Jämsä, Jyväskylä, Kuopio, Outokumpu and Joensuu to the Niirala border guard station in Tohmajärvi, right next to the Russian border. The length o ...

and Finnish local road 213. All passenger trains stop at Loimaa, and it also serves cargo traffic. The

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has classified Loimaa railway station as a nationally significant built culturual environment.Loimaan rautatieasema
(in Finnish) Nationally significant built cultural environments (''Valtakunnallisesti merkittävät rakennetut kulttuuriympäristöt) RKY'', Finnish Heritage Agency. Retrieved 2025-02-11.

History

Loimaa railway station is one of the original stations opened on the Turku–Toijala railway line in 1876. Loimaa station was also the most significant of the intermediate stations on the railway, being the only Class III station. The

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style station building, likely designed by

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(who was the building designer of

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at the time), was completed in the same year as the station was opened. Loimaa station also had two locomotive sheds, out of which the first one was moved to

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

in 1902 and the second one was demolished. The original water tower located at the station was exploded during the

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and a similar water tower was built at Humppila after the war. The area surrounding the station soon grew into a significant centre of population. A sawmill was established near the station in 1877, followed later by a brick factory, a leather factory, a beer factory and a mill, among others. Around the time of Finland's independence, Loimaa already resembled a market town with its stores, banks, chapels and electric lights. The station village along with the village near Vesikoski mill was eventually made into a market town in 1922. By the end of the 19th century, there were plans to make Loimaa into a junction station by building a new railway line from

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to Peipohja station (current

Kokemäki Kokemäki (; ) is a town and municipality in the Satakunta Region of Finland. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Finland is constitutionally bi-lingual with a Swedish speakin ...

), offering a more direct train connection to

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. In the 1920s, there were even plans about building a railway line from Loimaa to

Riihimäki Riihimäki (; ) is a town and municipality in the south of Finland, about north of Helsinki and southeast of Tampere. An important railway junction is located in Riihimäki, since railway tracks from Riihimäki lead to Helsinki, Tampere and La ...

. Both of the plans were eventually withdrawn in the 1930s, due to the increase of bus traffic. Loimaa station became remotely controlled in 2000, but the ticket sales office remained open until 2008.

Departure tracks

Loimaa railway station has two platform tracks. All passenger trains that stop at the station currently use track 1.Loimaa - Train Departures - Fintraffic
''junalahdot.fi''. Retrieved 2025-01-27.

Sources

{{DEFAULTSORT:Loimaa Railway Station Railway stations in Southwest Finland

Railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

Railway stations in Finland opened in 1876