Hankasalmi railway station
{{short description|Railway station in Hankasalmi, Finland}}
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| type = VR station
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| address = Ratakatu 7, 41500
| borough = Hankasalmen asemanseutu, Hankasalmi
| country = Finland
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| owned = Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency
| operator = VR Group
| line = Jyväskylä–Pieksämäki
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| architect = Thure Hellström
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The Hankasalmi railway station ({{langx|fi|Hankasalmen rautatieasema}}, {{langx|sv|Hankasalmi järnvägsstation}}) is located in the village and urban area of Hankasalmen asemanseutu in the municipality of Hankasalmi, Finland. It is located along the Jyväskylä–Pieksämäki railway,{{cite book |last=Iltanen |first=Jussi |title=Radan varrella: Suomen rautatieliikennepaikat |language=fi |isbn=978-951-593-214-3 |publisher=Karttakeskus |location=Helsinki |year=2010}} and its neighboring stations are Jyväskylä in the west and Pieksämäki in the east.{{Cite web|title=Railway stations and routes|url=https://www.vr.fi/en/railway-stations-and-routes|access-date=21 February 2021|website=VR Group}}
The Finnish Heritage Agency has proclaimed the Hankasalmi station a nationally significant built cultural environment.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=22 December 2009|title=Hankasalmen rautatieasema|url=http://www.rky.fi/read/asp/r_kohde_det.aspx?KOHDE_ID=4215|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=21 February 2021|website=RKY.fi|publisher=Finnish Heritage Agency|language=fi}}
History
The Jyväskylä–Pieksämäki railway cuts through the municipality of Hankasalmi about {{convert|10|km|mi}} away from its parish village, and hence the station lies far away on the intersection between the railway and the road connecting Hankasalmi to Kangasniemi. However, the location was seen as advantageous in that lake Kuuhankavesi lies just {{convert|0.6|km|mi}} away from the station, greating a crossing between the railway and waterborne transport.
Work on the Jyväskylä–Pieksämäki railway began in 1913 and it was opened for traffic on 1 June 1918, making Hankasalmi one of its original stations.
Architecture
The Hankasalmi station was built according to stock blueprints for class V stations on the Jyväskylä–Pieksämäki line, being designed by Thure Hellström. The mansard roof is a distinctive feature of the design that was also used for the Kallislahti station on the Huutokoski–Savonlinna railway. The station building has been well preserved, as have the other buildings on its premises, which include a warehouse as well as two residential buildings.
Services and departure tracks
Hankasalmi is served by all InterCity and Pendolino trains that use the Jyväskylä–Pieksämäki line as part of their route.{{Cite web|title=VR long-distance traffic timetable for the period 11 January−27 March 2021|url=https://assets.ctfassets.net/gshi3wijcp49/473lXRkWafx63vLq5m9JJr/4d5bdd43d2cd2146c12481ed1e6d3065/VR_Aikataulutaulukot_11-01-2021_27-03-2021_v201218.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219185030/https://assets.ctfassets.net/gshi3wijcp49/473lXRkWafx63vLq5m9JJr/4d5bdd43d2cd2146c12481ed1e6d3065/VR_Aikataulutaulukot_11-01-2021_27-03-2021_v201218.pdf|archive-date=19 February 2021|access-date=15 February 2021|website=VR Group|language=fi}} The station does not have a VR service point nor a ticket vending machine, and has low, inaccessible {{convert|26.5|cm|in}} high platforms.{{Cite web|title=Hankasalmi railway station|url=https://www.vr.fi/en/railway-stations-and-routes/hankasalmi|access-date=21 February 2021|website=VR.fi|publisher=VR Group}} All passenger trains that stop at the station use track 2.[https://junalahdot.fi/hankasalmi Hankasalmi - Train Departures - Fintraffic], junalahdot.fi. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
A siding connects the station's rail yard to the Versowood Hankasalmi sawmill. Starting from the 2010s, the frequency of timber shipments to the sawmill by rail has decreased, though as of 2019, the connection is known to be maintained and used on an irregular basis.{{Cite book|last=Pyrhönen|first=Kimmo|title=Pönttövuoren kahta puolen: Jyväskylä-Pieksämäki-rata|publisher=Matkamedia Pyrhönen|year=2019|isbn=978-952-69222-0-1|pages=115–119|language=fi}}
External links
- {{commonscat-inline|Hankasalmi railway station}}
- [https://asemat.trapeze.fi/junalahdot/main?lang=3#/station/32 Train departures and arrivals at Hankasalmi] on Finrail