Pello railway station
Pello | |||||||||||
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Pello railway station, July 2007 (with the passenger platform on the right and sidings for freight wagons on the left) | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 66°47′06″N 23°59′33″E / 66.785007°N 23.992521°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | passenger platform | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1964 | ||||||||||
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| 2008 | 3,000 | ||||||||||
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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.