The Ylistaro railway station (, ) is a closed station located in the city of

Seinäjoki Seinäjoki (; "Wall River"; , formerly ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of South Ostrobothnia. Seinäjoki is located in the western interior of the country and along the Seinäjoki (river), River Seinäjoki. The population of Sein ...

(formerly the municipality of

Ylistaro Ylistaro is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated, together with Nurmo to Seinäjoki Seinäjoki (; "Wall River"; , formerly ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of South Ostrobothnia. Seinäjoki is located in the ...

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, in the village of Ylistaron asemanseutu. It was located along the Seinäjoki–Vaasa railway, and its neighboring stations at the time of closing were

in the east and

Isokyrö Isokyrö (; ) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region, from Vaasa. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . In the name of the municip ...

in the west.

History

Ylistaro was opened under the name of Kaukola at the same time as the rest of the Seinäjoki–Vaasa line, on 29 September 1883. Just five years later, it was elevated from the status of a ''pysäkki'' to that of a class V station, and was renamed Ylistaro after the municipality in which it was located. Owing to the station being located quite far away from the surroundings of the Ylistaro Church, a village of its own grew around it. The two villages had merged to form one urban area by the end of the 1990s. Ylistaro was made an unstaffed station in 1982 and its freight transport services were ceased in 1999, which prompted the dismantling of its rail yard in the year after. It remained as a passenger station until 20 June 2016, when it was closed along with

Laihia Laihia () is a municipality of Finland, founded in 1576 through a separation from Isokyrö and Korsholm. It is located in the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 8,020 (Jul 31, 2020) and covers an area of of which is wat ...

and

. VR claims that the closures will allow travel times to be cut by an average of 6 minutes from

Vaasa Vaasa (; , ), formerly (1855-1917) known as Nikolaistad (; ),Seinäjoki Seinäjoki (; "Wall River"; , formerly ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of South Ostrobothnia. Seinäjoki is located in the western interior of the country and along the Seinäjoki (river), River Seinäjoki. The population of Sein ...

and 19 minutes from Vaasa to

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. The company then established a replacement bus service to serve the surroundings the closed stations. This made Tervajoki the only intermediate station used by the

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trains between Seinäjoki and Vaasa.

Architecture

The station building was constructed according to stock blueprints for the ''pysäkki'' stations on the Vaasa railway in 1881–1883. It was expanded from both ends in 1893 according to a design from

Bruno Granholm Bruno Ferdinand Granholm (May 14, 1857 in Myrskylä – September 29, 1930) was a Finnish architect. He served as the chief architect of Rautatiehallitus (The Railroad Board) between 1892 and 1926. Many of the station buildings he designed are ...

. The stations of the Vaasa line, presumed to have been designed by

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, marked a shift towards

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in style. The station still has a parking zone, as well as a low, long

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, ...

External links

Connecting buses on VR.fi

References

{{Seinäjoki Cityscape Seinäjoki Railway stations in Finland closed in 2016 Railway stations in South Ostrobothnia Defunct railway stations in Finland Railway stations in Finland opened in 1883