Mommila railway station

Railway station in Finland

60°49′23″N 025°04′48″E / 60.82306°N 25.08000°E / 60.82306; 25.08000Owned byFinnish Transport Infrastructure AgencyOperated byVR GroupLine(s)Riihimäki–Lahti railwayPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2Other informationStation codeMlaClassificationHalt ^[1]HistoryOpened19 November 1905 (1905-11-19)Passengers20081,000 ^[2] Services

Preceding station	VR commuter rail			Following station
Oitti towards Riihimäki		G		Lappila towards Lahti

Route map

Legend

					to Kouvola
					to Heinola to Loviisa
					167 Uudenmaankatu
		58.8			Lahti
					140 Helsingintie
					to Salpausselkä
		56.1			Hennala
					296 Ala-Okeroistentie
		48.1			Hakosilta Helsinki
		45.8			Tommola
		44.4			Herrala
					2954 Herralantie
					295 Mäntsäläntie
		32.2			Järvelä
					1431 Sulkavantie
		26.3			Lappila
		23.2			Jutila
					2951 Lammintie
		20.0			Mommila
		15.4			Oitti
					1471 Oitintie
		14.8			Hausjärvi freight
					290 Hikiäntie
		8.3			Hikiä
		7.9			Kekomäki
		0.0			Riihimäki
					to Helsinki

Location

The Mommila railway station (Finnish: Mommilan rautatieasema, Swedish: Mommila järnvägsstation) is located in Hausjärvi, Finland, in the village of Mommila. It is located along the Riihimäki–Lahti line, and its neighboring stations are Oitti in the west and Lappila in the east.

History

The Mommila station began life as a halt on the outskirts of the village of Torhola. It took its name from the estate of Mommila, located approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) away from the station in the parish of Lammi. In the 1920s, a full station building designed by Thure Hellström replaced the former platform facility. A village began to form around the station, and its population peaked in the 1960s at over 200 inhabitants.

On 5 April 1977, Mommila became the stage of a destructive derailment accident upon the head-on collision of express train EP 84 and freight train JK 1456.^[3]

Mommila became an unmanned station in 1977, its freight transport was abolished in 1990, and its railyard was disassembled in 1997. The level crossing in the northeastern side of the station was replaced by an overpass in 2004; it was opened for use by traffic on 2 November, and the crossing was dismantled the following day.^[4] The station house and several of its relevant buildings were transferred to the ownership of Senate Properties in 2007.^[5]

Services

Mommila is an intermediate station on commuter rail line G on the route Riihimäki–Lahti. Westbound trains towards Riihimäki stop at track 1 and eastbound ones towards Lahti use track 2. Prior to the opening of the Kerava-Lahti railway line, Mommila was also served by the unnamed regional trains on the route Helsinki–Riihimäki–Lahti–Kouvola–Kotka Harbour.

References

^ Railway Network Statement 2021 (PDF). Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. 18 June 2020. p. 97. ISBN 978-952-317-744-4. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
^ Henkilöliikennepaikkojen kehittämisohjelma (PDF). Helsinki: Finnish Infrastructure Transport Agency. 2010. ISBN 978-952-255-511-3.
^ Yle elävä arkisto: Mommilan junaturma
^ Nummelin, Markku. "Tasoristeys-palsta". Resiina (in Finnish). No. 1/2005. Suomen rautatiehistoriallinen seura & Museorautatieyhdistys. ISSN 0356-0600.
^ Iltanen, Jussi (2009). Radan varrella: Suomen rautatieliikennepaikat (in Finnish). ISBN 978-951-593-214-3.