Oulu railway station

The Oulu Railway Station is located in the centre of Oulu, Finland, in the city district of Vaara. All trains are operated by VR. Nearby is the Oulu bus station for long-distance buses.

Oulu Uleåborg
VR Group station
General information
Location	Rautatienkatu 11A, 90100 Oulu
Coordinates	65°00′41″N 025°29′02″E
Owned by	Finnish Transport Agency
Platforms	3
Tracks	7
Construction
Structure type	ground station
History
Opened	1886
Passengers
863 600 (2010) [1]
Services
Preceding station VR Group Following station Kempele towards Seinäjoki Seinäjoki–Oulu Terminus Terminus Oulu–Kontiomäki Muhos towards Kontiomäki Oulu–Tornio Kemi towards Tornio Kempele towards Helsinki Helsinki–Kolari (overnight service) Kemi towards Kolari
Former services Preceding station Finnish State Railways Following station Ylivieska towards Helsinki Polaria Terminus Vihanti towards Helsinki Lapponia
Location

The railway station was built in 1886 when the Ostrobothnia railway line reached Oulu.

The railway from the south to Oulu was electrified in 1983, using overhead electric wires at 25 kV. The electrification northwards from Oulu to Rovaniemi was not completed until 2004. In 2006 the railway from Oulu to Iisalmi was also electrified. The fastest trains from Oulu to Helsinki are operated by VR's Pendolino trains.

Departure tracks

There are seven tracks at Oulu railway station out of which three have a platform for passenger trains.

• Track 1 is used by the majority of the daytime passenger trains headed to Helsinki (either via Seinäjoki or Kuopio) and Rovaniemi.
• Track 2 is used by a couple of services to Rovaniemi.
• Track 3 is used by night train services both towards Helsinki and north to Kolari, Kemijärvi and Rovaniemi. The track is also used by a couple of trains towards Kuopio.

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Gallery

• 
  VR Class Sm3 (Pendolino) train waiting at the Oulu railway station.
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  A diesel locomotive (class Dr16) hauling lumber.
• 
  A part of the VR freight yard in Oulu.
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  Two diesel locomotives (class Dv12) transporting wood at the Oulu train station freight yard.
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  The VR locomotive stable at the rail yard in Oulu.
• 
  President L. K. Relander and governor E. Y. Pehkonen (president is the man in the middle with a top hat, governor on his left side also with a top hat) at the Oulu railway station on June 29, 1928.