Karis railway station


Karis or Karjaa is a railway station in the town of Raseborg in the Uusimaa region, Finland. The station is located along the track between Helsinki and Turku, about 87 km west from Helsinki Central railway station and serves as a connection point between three different tracks: the main track between Helsinki and Turku, a branch track to the city of Hanko, and a former privately owned track between Karis and Hyvinkää, currently largely disused.
Nearly all long-distance trains between Helsinki and Turku stop at the Karis railway station. The station is also the northern terminus of Karis-Hanko regional trains and used to be the westernmost terminus of Helsinki commuter rail in 2002–2016, although the station remains to be served by one Y-line commuter train service to Helsinki in the morning, departure time at 5.43. The station also serves cargo traffic.
There are also three bus departures from the Karis railway station to Kirkkonummi, via Ingå on weekdays.

History

The Karis railway station was founded to serve a privately owned track between Hanko and Hyvinkää, and taken into use in 1873. After a few years, the privately owned track had only made a loss, and the station was transferred over to the Finnish state.
The station became a crossing point in 1899, when the track between Karis and Turku was opened. The track between Karis and Pasila was opened in 1903.

Departure tracks

There are four platform tracks at the Karis railway station used by the passenger trains.