page_title: Lahti
section_title: Long-distance transport
hierarchical_section_title: Lahti / Transportation / Long-distance transport
caption_attribution_description: English: Lahti bus station, designed by Kaarlo Könönen and built in 1939.
context_page_description: Lahti is a city and municipality in Finland. It is the capital of the region of Päijänne Tavastia and its growing region is one of the main economic hubs of Finland. Lahti is situated on a bay at the southern end of lake Vesijärvi about 100 kilometres north-east of the capital Helsinki. It is also situated at the intersection of Highway 4 and Highway 12, which are the most significant main roads of Lahti.
  In English, the Finnish word Lahti literally means bay. Lahti is also dubbed the "Chicago of Finland" due to the premise of both cities, when they were known as "slaughterhouse cities". Also, the troubled history of both cities in the field of crime has been seen as one of the similarities.
  The coat of arms of the city depicts a train wheel surrounded by flames.
context_section_description: The city's main transportation hubs are the market square (Kauppatori) and the travel centre (Matkakeskus), with local buses providing a non-stop service between the two. The travel centre was built between 2014 and 2016 around the Lahti railway station by building new local bus stops around the station, a long-distance bus terminal next to the station building and an automated parking facility for commuters.
  All local and long-distance trains and buses stop at the travel centre, making it convenient to transfer from one mode of transport to another. The city council has sold the old bus station in the city centre and it will be redeveloped for other uses in the near future.
caption: Bus station, built in 1939 and designed by architect Kaarlo Könönen.
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