It is the northernmost railway station in Finland, located 800 km (500 mi) north of Helsinki Central railway station.

The railway track extends 18 km (11 mi) further north to the Rautuvaara railway yard but this section is disused - the Rautuvaara iron ore mine closed in 1989.

For part of the year, the station is also served by car transporter trains from Helsinki, Turku and Tampere.

[4] A new station building designed by Ilpo Väisänen was constructed at Kolari in 1998, in the style of a goahti.

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