Pello railway station

Pello
VR Group station
Pello railway station, July 2007 (with the passenger platform on the right and sidings for freight wagons on the left)
General information
Coordinates66°47′06″N 23°59′33″E / 66.785007°N 23.992521°E / 66.785007; 23.992521
Owned byFinnish Transport Agency
Construction
Structure typepassenger platform
History
Opened1964
Passengers
3000[1] (2008)
Services
Preceding station VR Group Following station
Ylitornio
towards Kemi
Kemi–Kolari Kolari
Terminus

Pello railway station is located in the municipality of Pello in the Lapland Province of Finland. The station is located about 121 kilometres north from the Tornio railway station, and about 62 kilometres south from the Kolari railway station. Most trains at Pello are hauled by VR Class Dr16 diesel locomotives.

The station is not to be confused with the Pelto halt, a former halt located on the track between Helsinki and Turku.

  1. ^ Henkilöliikennepaikkojen kehittämisohjelma [Development program for passenger transport places] (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki. 2010. p. 28. ISBN 978-952-255-511-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2023-04-06.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)