Tesoma railway station

Railway station in Tampere, Finland

Tesoma
VR commuter rail station
The station in August 2021.
General information
Location	Pirkanmaa Finland
Operated by	VR Group
Managed by	VR Group
Transit authority	Nysse
Line(s)	M
Distance	196.230km
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Train operators	VR
Construction
Structure type	ground station
Platform levels	1
Other information
Status	Open
Station code	Tso
Fare zone	B

Tesoma railway station (abbreviated Tso^[1]) is a railway station in the Tesoma district in Tampere, Finland. The station opened on August 16 2021, with one track at first. The station is located on the Tampere–Pori railway between the track kilometres 196+080 and 196+370.^[2]^[3] It serves the Tampere commuter rail line M and long-distance traffic between Tampere and Pori. The trip from Tesoma to the Tampere railway station takes about 9 minutes.^[4] The location of the station is to the south of the Tesomajärvi shopping centre on the border of the districts of Ristimäki and Rahola.

History

There used to be a train connection to Tesoma, the "flat cap" trains stopped at the Rahola railway station near the level crossing. After bus transport improved the trains ceased to stop at the station, and the level crossing was replaced by an underpass from Vanamonkatu in Ristimäki to Rahola. The train connection is coming back in the form of a commuter train. In early 2019 a group of track directions were chosen to the local pilot train project in Pirkanmaa. Among these was the connection Tampere - Tesoma - Nokia. Local traffic between Toijala and Nokia was started in December 2019, and traffic to Tesoma started in August 2021. The trial period will last until 2022.^[5]^[3]

References

^ Rautateiden verkkoselostus 2021, p. 111. Office of transport, 2020. ISBN 978-952-317-725-3. Online version, accessed on 21 September 2020.
^ Tesoman seisake. Office of transport. Accessed on 27 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b Junat alkavat pysähtyä uudella Tesoman seisakkeella elokuussa, vayla.fi 9 July 2021. Accessed on 9 July 2021.
^ Kalliosaari, Kati: Nokialta vartissa Tampereelle. Aamulehti, 23 January 2019, p. 7. Online version, accessed on 15 December 2019.
^ Pesonen, Heidi: Pirkanmaa pääsi mukaan alueellisen junaliikenteen pilottiin – Tätä se tarkoittaa matkustajille: tavoite saada junat pysähtymään myös Tesomalla. Aamulehti, 23 January 2019.