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{{Short description|Railway station in Finland}}
{{more citations needed|date=September 2020}}

{{Infobox station
| name                = Hikiä
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| type          = [[VR Group|VR]] station
| style         = VR Group
| image               = Hikiän uusi rautatieasema.JPG
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| address             = Sepäntie, 12240
| borough             = [[Hikiä]], [[Hausjärvi]]
| country             = [[Finland]]
| coordinates         = {{coord|60|45|13|N|024|55|23|E|region:FI-06_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}
| owned               = [[Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency]]
| operator            = [[VR Group]]
| line                = [[Riihimäki–Lahti railway]]
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| platforms           = 2 [[side platform]]s
| tracks              = 2
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| architect           = [[Knut Nylander]]
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| code                = Hk
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| classification      = Halt <ref>{{cite book |title=Railway Network Statement 2021 |url=https://julkaisut.vayla.fi/pdf12/vj_2019-46eng_vs2021_web.pdf |publisher=Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency |page=93 |date=18 June 2020 |isbn=978-952-317-744-4 |access-date=20 September 2020 |archive-date=1 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001183729/https://julkaisut.vayla.fi/pdf12/vj_2019-46eng_vs2021_web.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| opened              = {{Start date|1869|11|1|df=y}}
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| passengers          = 5,000 <ref>{{cite book |date=2010 |title=Henkilöliikennepaikkojen kehittämisohjelma |url=https://julkaisut.vayla.fi/pdf3/raportti_2010_henkiloliikennepaikkojen_kehittamisohjelma_web.pdf |location=Helsinki |publisher=Finnish Infrastructure Transport Agency |isbn=978-952-255-511-3 |access-date=2020-09-17 |archive-date=2020-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001183732/https://julkaisut.vayla.fi/pdf3/raportti_2010_henkiloliikennepaikkojen_kehittamisohjelma_web.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| pass_year           = 2008
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| services      = {{Adjacent stations
|system1=VR commuter rail
|line1=G|left1=Riihimäki|right1=Oitti
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| route_map           = {{Riihimäki–Lahti railway|inline=1}}
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The '''Hikiä railway station''' ({{langx|fi|Hikiän rautatieasema}}, {{langx|sv|Hikiä järnvägsstation}}) is located in [[Hausjärvi]], [[Finland]], in the village and urban area of [[Hikiä]]. It is located along the [[Riihimäki]]–[[Lahti]] line, and its neighboring stations are [[Riihimäki railway station|Riihimäki]] in the west and [[Oitti railway station|Oitti]] in the east.

== History ==
[[File:Hikiän rautatieasema.JPG|thumb|left|The Hikiä station building in 2008]]
Hikiä is one of the original intermediate stations of the [[Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg railway]], and was opened for passenger traffic in November 1869. It was placed on the crossing between the railway and the road between [[Nurmijärvi]] and the church of Hausjärvi. The railway played a significant role in the development of Hikiä, helping it overtake the Hausjärvi church village in population. In 1960 Hikiä had 700 inhabitants, compared to 200 of the Hausjärvi church village.<ref name="iltanen">{{cite book |last=Iltanen |first=Jussi |title=Radan varrella: Suomen rautatieliikennepaikat |language=fi |isbn=978-951-593-214-3}}</ref> Hikiä's population in 2018 was 1,068.<ref>[http://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11s8.px/ Urban settlements by population and population density, 2018] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130082737/http://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11s8.px/ |date=2020-11-30 }}. Statistics Finland.</ref>

Hikiä became an unmanned station in 1976 and its freight traffic was abolished in 1991. In 2005, its platforms were rebuilt and moved approximately {{convert|100|m|ft}} to the east towards [[Lahti railway station|Lahti]], which made it possible to replace the former cross-platform pedestrian level crossing with the overpass on regional road 290.<ref name="iltanen"/>

== Architecture ==
The station building in Hikiä was built according to stock plans for class IV stations on the Riihimäki–St. Petersburg line, designed by [[Knut Nylander]]. {{efn|The other stations constructed as such on the line, listed in order from [[Riihimäki railway station|Riihimäki]] to [[Finland Station|St. Petersburg–Finlyandsky]], include [[Lappila railway station|Lappila]], [[Herrala railway station|Herrala]], [[Vesijärvi railway station|Vesijärvi]], [[Kausala railway station|Kausala]], [[Koria railway station|Kymi]] (Koria), [[Taavetti railway station|Taavetti]], [[Verkhne-Cherkasovo railway station|Säiniö]] (Verkhne-Cherkasovo), [[Leypyasuo railway station|Galitzina]] (Leypyasuo) and [[Zelenogorsk railway station|Terijoki]] (Zelenogorsk).<ref name="roivanen">{{Cite journal|last=Roivanen|first=Antti|title=Pietarin radan ensimmäiset liikennepaikat|journal=[[Resiina]]|language=fi|publisher=Suomen rautatiehistoriallinen seura & Museorautatieyhdistys|volume=3/2020|issn=0356-0600}}</ref>}} Construction was completed in 1869, and the building was later expanded in two phases in 1883 and 1904, using the same plans drawn by [[Bruno Granholm]] for the extensions of the [[Lappila railway station|Lappila]] station in 1876 and 1900. As per a railyard diagram dating to 1873, the Hikiä station at the time also included a warehouse and a [[water tower]] at the end of a siding stretching from the far eastern end from the railyard, as well as two additional sidings to its south.<ref name="roivanen"/>

The Hikiä station and its related buildings were transferred into the possession of [[Senate Properties]] in 2007.<ref name="iltanen"/>

== Services ==
{{main article|Helsinki commuter rail#Riihimäki−Lahti Line}}
Hikiä is an intermediate station on VR commuter rail line {{ric|VR commuter rail|G}} on the route [[Riihimäki railway station|Riihimäki]]–[[Lahti railway station|Lahti]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 2021|title=Reittikartat: Lähijunaliikenne|url=https://hslfi.azureedge.net/globalassets/matkustaminen/tulostettavat-aikataulut-ja-kartat/reittikartat/liikennevalineittain/hsl_lahiliikennelinjat_pysty_700x1000_8_2020.pdf|access-date=18 October 2021|publisher=[[Helsinki Regional Transport Authority]]|language=en, fi, sv}}</ref> Westbound trains towards Riihimäki stop at track 1 and eastbound ones towards Lahti use track 2. Prior to the opening of the [[Kerava-Lahti railway line]], Hikiä was also served by the unnamed regional trains on the route Helsinki–Riihimäki–Lahti–[[Kouvola railway station|Kouvola]]–[[Kotka Harbour railway station|Kotka Harbour]].

A VR ticket vending machine, as well as {{convert|55|cm|in}} high platforms enabling accessible entry to low-floor trains, are present at the station.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hikiä railway station|url=https://www.vr.fi/en/railway-stations-and-routes/hikia|access-date=18 October 2021|website=VR.fi|publisher=[[VR Group]]}}</ref>

== External links ==
* [https://junalahdot.fi/hikiä Train departures and arrivals at Hikiä] on Fintraffic

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== References ==
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{{Railway stations in Kanta-Häme}}
{{Helsinki commuter rail/navbox}}

[[Category:Hausjärvi]]
[[Category:Knut Nylander railway stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Finland opened in 1869]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Kanta-Häme]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Finland opened in the 1860s]]