Kouvola railway station

The Kouvola railway station (Finnish: Kouvolan rautatieasema, Swedish: Kouvola järnvägsstation) is located in the city of Kouvola in Finland.

Kouvola
VR station
Location	Hallituskatu 345100 Kouvola Finland
Coordinates	60°51′58″N 26°42′18″E
Owned by	Finnish Transport Agency
Operated by	VR Group
Line(s)	Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg railway
Platforms	4
Tracks	7
Construction
Structure type	Ground station
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes (at biking share station)
History
Opened	1875
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2008	634,000
Services Preceding station VR Group Following station Koria towards Lahti Lahti–Kouvola Terminus Terminus Kouvola–Iisalmi Mäntyharju towards Iisalmi Kouvola–Joensuu Lappeenranta towards Joensuu Kouvola–Kotka Myllykoski towards Kotka Harbour Preceding station Helsinki commuter rail Following station Koria towards Helsinki Z Terminus Preceding station Russian Railways Following station Lahti towards Helsinki Tolstoy Vainikkala towards Moscow Leningradsky Preceding station Karelian Trains Following station Lahti towards Helsinki Allegro Vainikkala towards St.Petersburg–Finlyandsky
Location
Kouvola Location within Kymenlaakso

The Kouvola railway station is an important crossing point station. It is located about 130 kilometres (80 mi) from the Helsinki Central railway station. There is also a bus terminal by the station and together they form a travel centre.

Kouvola is one of the busiest crossing points in Finnish railways. There is traffic to four directions: to Helsinki via Lahti, to Kotka, to Pieksämäki and Kuopio via Mikkeli, and to Luumäki, after which the track forks to two directions: to Joensuu via Lappeenranta, or to Russia via the Vainikkala border control station. The Kouvola railway station serves local trains, express trains, InterCity and InterCity² trains, and Pendolino trains.

The service to Vyborg and St. Petersburg was accelerated in 2009, with new Allegro trains operated by Karelian Trains. The travel time on high speed train between Kouvola and St. Petersburg is approximately 2 hours 15 minutes.

Proposals exist to connect Kouvola to Helsinki via a new 106 km line, Itärata, through Porvoo and Helsinki Airport.[1]