Oulun rautatieasema

Oulu, Pohjois-Pohjanmaa, Finland

The record

Type: Nationally significant built cultural environment (RKY)
Elements (as the agency lists them): liikenteenrakennus
Character (as the agency lists it): kaupunki
Municipality: Oulu
Region: Pohjois-Pohjanmaa
Country: Finland
Coordinates: 65.01131, 25.48372
Pin: Placed by TreeAlive at the centre of the largest area the agency maps
RKY number: 4194

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The Finnish Heritage Agency's description

Kuvaus

Oulun rautatieasema on Seinäjoki-Oulu -rataosuuden ainoa II luokan asema. Knut Nylanderin tyyppipiirustuksien mukainen asema on hyvin säilynyt.

Uusrenessanssiasema muodostaa asemaravintolarakennuksen kanssa komean parin Asemakadun päätteenä Oulun keskustassa.

Historia

Vaasan radan jatke Seinäjoelta Ouluun valmistui 1886. Keskustelu rautatien saamisesta Ouluun oli alkanut jo 1870-luvulla. Asian innokkaimpia ajajia olivat kaupungin kauppiaat, etenkin kauppaneuvos A.O. Snellman.

Oulun asema sijoitettiin II kaupunginosaan ns. Kakaravaaran laidoille "köydenpunojapaanan" paikalle. Asemarakennus, veturitalli ja konepaja valmistuivat samaan aikaan radan valmistumisen kanssa. Asemarakennusta laajennettiin 1922. Ravintolarakennus valmistui 1930.

Toiminta Oulun asemalla vilkastui Tornion radan valmistuttua 1903, ja erityisen vilkasta se oli I maailmansodan vuosina, jolloin Tornio toimi Venäjän tavarakuljetuksen porttina. Yhteysrata itään Kontiomäelle ja Nurmekseen valmistui vasta 1930, vaikka se oli ollut vireillä Oulun radan valmistumisesta lähtien. 1930-luvulla Nurmeksen radan kuljetuksista yli 75 % oli puutavaraa, mutta sen osuus laski autokuljetusten yleistymisen myötä. Sotien aikana rata oli korvaamattoman tärkeä strategisena rautatienä ja sotien jälkeen Kainuun kaivosten malminkuljetuksessa.

English translation (from the Finnish)

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Description

Oulu railway station is the only class II station on the Seinäjoki-Oulu railway section. The station, built to Knut Nylander's standard designs, is very well preserved.

The Neo-Renaissance station forms an impressive pair with the station restaurant building at the end of Asemakatu in central Oulu.

History

The extension of the Vaasa railway from Seinäjoki to Oulu was completed in 1886. Discussion of bringing the railway to Oulu had begun as early as the 1870s. The most eager promoters of the matter were the town's merchants, especially Commercial Counsellor A.O. Snellman.

Oulu station was located in the II district of the town, on the edges of the so-called Kakaravaara, on the site of the "köydenpunojapaana". The station building, engine shed and workshop were completed at the same time as the line. The station building was extended in 1922. The restaurant building was completed in 1930.

Activity at Oulu station became lively after the Tornio line was completed in 1903, and it was especially busy during the years of the First World War, when Tornio served as the gateway for Russian freight traffic. The eastern connecting line to Kontiomäki and Nurmes was not completed until 1930, although it had been under consideration since the completion of the Oulu line. In the 1930s, more than 75% of the freight on the Nurmes line was timber, but its share declined with the spread of road transport. During the wars the line was an indispensable strategic railway, and after the wars it was important for transporting ore from the Kainuu mines.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Descriptions are shown with the written permission of the Finnish Heritage Agency and reproduced unchanged. Locations come from its open spatial data; pins are placed by TreeAlive. Finnish Heritage Agency (Museovirasto) · Spatial data: CC BY 4.0

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