Why visit
Rapasaari's small, pavilion-like halt building dates from around 1885 on the Lappeenranta line, and it still stands – now on a strip of parkland between apartment blocks and the harbour.
Look for: Notice the building's pavilion-like form, made to the standard halt drawings; it is classified as a nationally significant built cultural environment.
About this site
Lappeenranta's railway harbour station Rapasaari is a pavilion-like building constructed according to the halt type drawings. The small building is now situated on a strip of parkland between apartment blocks and harbour operations. The building dates from around the time of the line's completion, i.e. around 1885. Rapasaari railway station building has been classified as a nationally significant built cultural environment (RKY site, www.rky.fi).
Official description (Museovirasto) — machine-translated from Finnish
- Municipality
- Lappeenranta
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