Seinäjoen rautatieasema-alue

English translation (from the Finnish)

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Description

Since its completion, the Seinäjoki railway station area has been a significant junction station.

Of the old building stock of the railway station, a locomotive shed from the 1880s has survived, among others; the neighbouring water tower dates from 1920. The oldest parts of the newer locomotive shed date from the 1920s. On the edge of the area stands the reading room, the railway workers' house, a multi-purpose building of its time. The Jugend architecture of the railway workers' house is part of a hotel complex completed in 2006.

History

Seinäjoki railway station was completed along the Tampere-Vaasa railway in 1883, after which the centre of the built-up settlement began to shift from Törnävä to the station area.

The completion of the Oulu railway, built in 1883-1886, marked Seinäjoki's transformation into a junction station. At this stage Seinäjoki was already a busy station, with II and III class accommodation in separate buildings beside the station. The station area expanded once more when the so-called Suupohja railway to Kaskinen and Kristiinankaupunki was completed in 1913. At the end of the 1920s the railway staff already numbered over 450.

The old station building was demolished, and a new large terminal building was completed in the early 1970s. The wings of the new station building housed, including, Matkahuolto and a post office.