During the planning stages of the line, a dominant question was whether it should be built around the western or eastern side of lake Näsijärvi.

[3] The Halimaa halt was opened in 1888 to serve the parish village,[4] being placed about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) further towards Tampere compared to Suinula.

[1] Demands began to arise to upgrade it to the status of a station, culminating in the municipality making an official proposal in 1895, which was accepted.

[4] The station, now called Kangasala after its parent municipality and the village it was meant to serve, was placed approximately 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) further south along the line than Halinmaa was.

[1] Not only did the change bring the station closer to the parish village, but the former location of the halt on a hill surrounded by bedrock was also seen as problematic in terms of future land use.

The effects were felt in Kangasala as well, due to the inconvenient location of the railway and its stations compared to the center of the municipality.

The closure was meant to happen earlier on in the year, but was postponed seemingly by accident due to an error in the timetable planning.