Iisalmen rautatieasema

English translation (from the Finnish)

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Description

Iisalmi has an exceptionally large station area containing buildings of many different ages. The well-preserved station park brings the buildings together into a distinctive station district.

The station building of the railway station, on the bank of the Paloisvirta, was built in accordance with the class III station plans of the Oulu Line. Alongside it, the station park includes the station master's decorative residence, the engine shed, storehouses, a water tower, several residential barracks with their outbuildings from different decades, and the so-called vara-asema from the war years, built of large boulders.

The engine sheds and other buildings related to machinery maintenance lie on the east side of the line. The railway station is situated at the eastern end of Savonkatu, which starts from the shore of Porovesi.

History

The Savo line, completed to Kuopio in 1889, was extended to Kajaani in 1898-1904. The railway proved its necessity especially in the transport of grain, but it was also seen as improving the area's prospects by speeding up the transport of butter, tar and timber.

The only class III station on the line section was Iisalmi, completed in 1902. The station type was designed by Bruno Granholm. The building was extended in 1904 and 1930.

Iisalmi became a junction station when the line to Ylivieska was completed in 1926. In connection with this, a new engine shed and water tower were built in Iisalmi on the east side of the line. The siding from the station to the Iisalmi harbour on the shore of Porovesi was completed in 1907.