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The first railway station in Helsinki

The first railway station in Helsinki
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The railway square, the station and a lot of pedestrians and a tram.
The first railway station in Helsinki, designed by C. A. Edelfelt, was built in 1861. It was demolished in 1918 and replaced in the spring of 1919 by the new railway station designed by architect Eliel Saarinen.
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