Kemi railway station

Kemi railway station (Finnish: Kemin rautatieasema) is located in the town of Kemi in the Lapland Province of Finland. It is operated by VR. The distance to the Helsinki Central railway station, via Haapamäki and Oulu stations is 858.3 kilometres.

Kemi
VR Group station
Kemi railway station
Location	Rautatienkatu 3, 94100 Kemi
Coordinates	65.737227°N 24.573798°E
Owned by	Finnish Transport Agency
Platforms	3
Tracks	11
Construction
Structure type	ground station
History
Opened	1903
Electrified	2003
Passengers
185 000 [2008]
Services
Preceding station   Finnish Railways   Following station Oulu Terminus Oulu-Rovaniemi Tervola toward Rovaniemi Terminus Kemi-Kolari Ylitornio toward Kolari

Platform area.

The station lies between the Kemi centre and Finnish national road 4, near the town centre services. All passenger trains stop at the station, and the station has a ticket office, a waiting room and a Junamaatti ticket vending machine. Kemi also has a lot of cargo traffic.

Kemi no longer has train traffic operators, instead the traffic is controlled remotely from Oulu. Track switching in cargo traffic requires a lot of trackyard personnel.

Although the tracks to Rovaniemi and to Kolari via Tornio actually separate at the Laurila cargo station north of Kemi, Kemi is an important junction for train traffic. From the Lautiosaari switch north of Kemi, there is also a side track to the Elijärvi mine.

Trackyards

The Kemi station has a large trackyard, divided into personnel train tracks and a cargo trackyard. The trackyard was completely renovated and electrified from 2001 to 2003.

The station also has a side track to the Port of Kemi in the district of Ajos. On this side track are the trackyards of Veitsiluoto, Rivi and Ajos.

External links

• Railway stations of VR
• A picture of the Kemi railway station