Lempäälä railway station

Lempäälä railway station was opened on June 22, 1876, originally named Lempoinen, as the expansion of the Helsinki–Hämeenlinna line to Tampere along with the Turku–Toijala railway line were opened.^[4] The original station building was completed the same year and was expanded in 1908 and 1922 with the designs of architect Bruno Granholm.^[4]

Lempäälä was a significant transport hub before the railway was opened, with the canal built there in 1867–1874 through which the watercourse from Hämeenlinna to Tampere ran.^[4]

The newer station building was completed in 1980 and also had a police station.^[4] The ticket sales office was closed in 1998. Freight traffic at the station ceased in 1993.^[4]

Lempäälä is served by VR commuter rail line R on the route Helsinki–Riihimäki–Tampere, as well as line M on the route Toijala–Tampere–Nokia. In addition, some of the long-distance train services running between Helsinki and Tampere make a stop at the station. Southbound trains toward Toijala, Riihimäki and Helsinki use track 1, while northbound trains toward Tampere and Nokia use track 3.^[6] Track 2 lacks a platform and is only used by trains passing through the station.