Suonenjoki railway station (NC)

The Suonenjoki railway station is a station and railway junction, that is situated in the downtown of Suonenjoki, Finland.

Platforms
The station has eight platforms, numbered 1-8. Platform 1 is on the southeastern side, next to the old station building, near the central bus station. Platform 8 is on the northwestern side, platforms 2-7 are between tracks, accessible from the underground station complex, Rajakatu and Savonkatu streets passing under the tracks, and pedestrian bridge of Harakkaniemenkatu.

Service by track

 * 1: VR (long-distance) trains from the direction of Pieksämäki to the direction of Kuopio
 * 2: Kuopio regional train line terminus
 * 3: Secondary Kuopio regional train line terminus, most of the VR trains from the direction of Kuopio to the direction of Pieksämäki
 * 4: Some VR trains from the direction of Kuopio to the direction of Pieksämäki, VR trains from the direction of Varkaus to the direction of Kuopio
 * 5: VR trains from the direction of Varkaus to the direction of Vesanto, Sigone trains from the direction of Pieksämäki to the direction of Vaajakoski
 * 6: VR trains from the directions of Kuopio and Vesanto to the direction of Varkaus
 * 7: Sigone trains from the direction of Vaajakoski to the direction of Pieksämäki, arrivals from Äänekoski/Suolahti
 * 8: Sigone train departures to Suolahti/Äänekoski

Station building
The original building at ground level served from 1868 to 1934. A new railway station building was then built to the northwestern side of the tracks, until 1980, when the modern underground station complex was built.

Bus connections
Nearby is the central bus station. Some of the internal buses pass under the tracks and have stops beside the station hall. Such lines are 1, 6, 8, 9 and 12.

There are direct bus connections (by other than internal lines) from the bus station to:
 * south (road 4521):
 * Pieksämäki
 * Haapakoski
 * Suontee
 * Markkala
 * Suihkola
 * Nuutila
 * Herrala
 * Siistilä
 * Jäppilä


 * south (road 547):
 * Jäppilä
 * Vehvilä
 * Hulkkola
 * Onnela
 * Varkaus
 * Tihusniemi
 * Sorsakoski


 * east (roads 9 and 590):
 * Kuopio
 * Lempyy
 * Lyytilänmäki
 * Salminen
 * Palokangas
 * Leppävirta
 * Oravikoski
 * Humalajoki
 * Kurkimäki
 * Airaksela


 * northeast (road 5482):
 * Kärkkäälä
 * Syvänniemi
 * Koskenkylä


 * north (road 547):
 * Rieponlahti
 * Käpysalo
 * Halolanmäki
 * Soinlahti
 * Savikoski
 * Karttula
 * Tervo
 * Syvänniemi
 * Punnonmäki
 * Pielavesi
 * Kiuruvesi
 * Iisalmi
 * Vieremä


 * north (road 545):
 * Vaajakoski
 * Tervo
 * Saikari
 * Vesanto
 * Kerkonkoski
 * Kiesimä
 * Virrankylä
 * Keitele
 * Viitasaari
 * Pihtipudas
 * Pyhäsalmi
 * Haapajärvi


 * northwest (roads 69 and 5690):
 * Rautalampi
 * Myhinpää
 * Hankasalmi
 * Konnevesi
 * Suolahti
 * Sumiainen
 * Äänekoski
 * Viitasaari
 * Konginkangas
 * Konnekoski
 * Istunmäki


 * west (roads 9 and 490):
 * Myhinpää
 * Saahkari
 * Keurunmäki
 * Hankasalmi
 * Ristilä
 * Lievestuore
 * Jyväskylä
 * Ahvenkoski


 * southwest (roads 15 and 4150):
 * Anttola
 * Viippero
 * Pörölänmäki
 * Kutumäki
 * Korholanmäki
 * Haapakoski
 * Pieksämäki
 * Paltanen
 * Naarajärvi