Hämeenlinna railway station
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Hämeenlinnan rautatieasema; Swedish
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Tavastehus järnvägsstation) is located in the town of Hämeenlinna
Hämeenlinna
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, Finland
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and Hämeenlinna in 1862. The orgininal station building, designed by the architect Carl Albert Edelfelt, was destroyed during the Finnish Civil War
Finnish Civil War
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in 1918. The current red brick station building was designed by Thure Hellström
Thure Hellström
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and completed in 1921.
Hämeenlinna is located about halfway between Helsinki and Tampere
Tampere
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, and because of this, the station has much pass-through traffic, even though the Hämeenlinna station is not a crossing-point station. All trains between Helsinki and Tampere, except Pendolino
Pendolino
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trains, stop at Hämeenlinna. The Hämeenlinna station also has an underpass tunnel. The station building has a restaurant
Restaurant
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