Oitti railway station

Oitti railway station is a railway station in the village of Oitti in the municipality of Hausjärvi, Finland. The station is located along the Riihimäki–Lahti line, approximately away from Riihimäki railway station and approximately from Lahti railway station.
The Oitti stop is one half of the split operating point of Hausjärvi. The other is the Hausjärvi freight station, which is located approximately west from the platforms of Oitti.

History

Oitti is one of the original stations of the Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg railway. The class III station of Oitti was finished in 1869, and received further expansions in 1876 and 1917. The arrival of the railway had a sizable impact on the development of the village, and the surroundings of the station became the epicenter of growth in the area. One of the field hospitals for the workforce of the railway was placed in Syväoja, some west from the site of the Oitti station.
The Finnish Heritage Agency has declared the Oitti station a protected culture site of national importance.

Services

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