Hikiä railway station

Hikiä
VR station
General information
Location	Sepäntie, 12240 Hikiä, Hausjärvi Finland
Coordinates	60°45′13″N 024°55′23″E
Owned by	Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency
Operated by	VR Group
Line(s)	Riihimäki–Lahti railway
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Architect	Knut Nylander
Other information
Station code	Hk
Classification	Halt [1]
History
Opened	1 November 1869 (1869-11-01)
Passengers
2008	5,000 [2]
Services
Preceding station VR commuter rail Following station Riihimäki Terminus G Oitti towards Lahti
Route map to Kouvola to Heinola to Loviisa  167  Uudenmaankatu 58.8 Lahti  140  Helsingintie to Salpausselkä 56.1 Hennala  296  Ala-Okeroistentie 48.1 Hakosilta Helsinki 45.8 Tommola 44.4 Herrala  2954  Herralantie  295  Mäntsäläntie 32.2 Järvelä  1431  Sulkavantie 26.3 Lappila 23.2 Jutila  2951  Lammintie 20.0 Mommila 15.4 Oitti  1471  Oitintie 14.8 Hausjärvi freight  290  Hikiäntie 8.3 Hikiä 7.9 Kekomäki 0.0 Riihimäki to Helsinki
Location

The Hikiä railway station (Finnish: Hikiän rautatieasema, Swedish: Hikiä järnvägsstation) is located in Hausjärvi, Finland, in the village and urban area of Hikiä. It is located along the Riihimäki–Lahti line, and its neighboring stations are Riihimäki in the west and Oitti in the east.

History

The Hikiä station building in 2008

Hikiä is one of the original intermediate stations of the Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg railway, and was opened for passenger traffic in November 1869. It was placed on the crossing between the railway and the road between Nurmijärvi and the church of Hausjärvi. The railway played a significant role in the development of Hikiä, helping it overtake the Hausjärvi church village in population. In 1960 Hikiä had 700 inhabitants, compared to 200 of the Hausjärvi church village.[3] Hikiä's population in 2018 was 1,068.[4]

Hikiä became an unmanned station in 1976 and its freight traffic was abolished in 1991. In 2005, its platforms were rebuilt and moved approximately 100 metres (330 ft) to the east towards Lahti, which made it possible to replace the former cross-platform pedestrian level crossing with the overpass on regional road 290.[3]

Architecture

The station building in Hikiä was built according to stock plans for class IV stations on the Riihimäki–St. Petersburg line, designed by Knut Nylander. [a] Construction was completed in 1869, and the building was later expanded in two phases in 1883 and 1904, using the same plans drawn by Bruno Granholm for the extensions of the Lappila station in 1876 and 1900. As per a railyard diagram dating to 1873, the Hikiä station at the time also included a warehouse and a water tower at the end of a siding stretching from the far eastern end from the railyard, as well as two additional sidings to its south.[5]

The Hikiä station and its related buildings were transferred into the possession of Senate Properties in 2007.[3]

Services

Main article: Helsinki commuter rail § Riihimäki−Lahti Line

Hikiä is an intermediate station on VR commuter rail line G on the route Riihimäki–Lahti.[6] Westbound trains towards Riihimäki stop at track 1 and eastbound ones towards Lahti use track 2. Prior to the opening of the Kerava-Lahti railway line, Hikiä was also served by the unnamed regional trains on the route Helsinki–Riihimäki–Lahti–Kouvola–Kotka Harbour.

A VR ticket vending machine, as well as 55 centimetres (22 in) high platforms enabling accessible entry to low-floor trains, are present at the station.[7]

External links

• Train departures and arrivals at Hikiä on Fintraffic

Notes

1. The other stations constructed as such on the line, listed in order from Riihimäki to St. Petersburg–Finlyandsky, include Lappila, Herrala, Vesijärvi, Kausala, Kymi (Koria), Taavetti, Säiniö (Verkhne-Cherkasovo), Galitzina (Leypyasuo) and Terijoki (Zelenogorsk).[5]

References

1. Railway Network Statement 2021 (PDF). Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. 18 June 2020. p. 93. ISBN 978-952-317-744-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
2. Henkilöliikennepaikkojen kehittämisohjelma (PDF). Helsinki: Finnish Infrastructure Transport Agency. 2010. ISBN 978-952-255-511-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
3. Iltanen, Jussi. Radan varrella: Suomen rautatieliikennepaikat (in Finnish). ISBN 978-951-593-214-3.
4. Urban settlements by population and population density, 2018 Archived 2020-11-30 at the Wayback Machine. Statistics Finland.
5. Roivanen, Antti. "Pietarin radan ensimmäiset liikennepaikat". Resiina (in Finnish). 3/2020. Suomen rautatiehistoriallinen seura & Museorautatieyhdistys. ISSN 0356-0600.
6. "Reittikartat: Lähijunaliikenne" (PDF) (in English, Finnish, and Swedish). Helsinki Regional Transport Authority. August 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
7. "Hikiä railway station". VR.fi. VR Group. Retrieved 18 October 2021.