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Pitäjänmäki railway station

Helsinki

Why visit

At Pitäjänmäki railway station time has settled quietly: northeast of the station stands a residential barracks for four households, and a handsome lime-tree avenue runs through the grounds.

Look for: Notice the double gatekeeper's cottage with its outbuilding along Pitäjänmäentie, which at some point served as the stationmaster's home.

About this site

The station area includes, to the north-east of the station, a four-household residential barrack, an outbuilding and a cellar. Along Pitäjänmäentie there is a double watchman's cottage with outbuildings, which at some point served as the station master's residence. The station area has an impressive lime tree avenue. In the late 1990s the station building housed, among others, a local newspaper editorial office and an advertising agency.

Official description (Museovirasto) — machine-translated from Finnish

Pitäjänmäki station is a station on the Helsinki commuter rail network located in western Helsinki, Finland. It is located about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the northwest of the Helsinki Central Station in the district of Pitäjänmäki, and is situated between the stations of Valimo and Mäkkylä.

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