Kempele | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Rautiontie 27, 90440 Kempele Finland | ||||
| Coordinates | 64°54′46″N025°30′50″E / 64.91278°N 25.51389°E | ||||
| Operated by | VR | ||||
| Line | |||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||
| Parking | yes | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | Kml | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1886 | ||||
| Closed | 1990 | ||||
| Rebuilt | 2016 | ||||
| Electrified | 1983 | ||||
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Kempele is a railway station in the municipality of Kempele, near Oulu, Finland. It was opened in 1886 together with the railway to Oulu. The station building, designed by a Finnish architect Knut Nylander was built in 1884 and later expanded in 1904. The track was electrified in 1983, but the station closed on May 27, 1990. [1]
On September 26, 2013, the Finnish Transport Agency and the municipality of Kempele signed a contract to build a new platform and reopen the station. The platform was built in 2015 and services resumed in 2016. [2]
