Furthermore, its location makes it possible for passengers to transfer to and from Baltic Sea ferries.

[5] A railway stop called Satamakatu – in use from 1932 to 1938 and situated about 200 metres (660 ft) further east – can be considered an early predecessor of the modern Kotka Port station.

The current station originated as an summertime experiment in the early 1990s to take passengers closer to the centre of events during the annual Kotka Maritime Festival.

[5] It became a permanent full-time station in 1998 and has since functioned as the southern terminus of regional trains to and from Kouvola and Lahti.

There are plans for multiple major public investment projects in and around the Port of Kotka – for example, a new campus by Xamk, the Southeastern Finland University of Applied Sciences, will be completed in 2024, less than 500 metres (550 yd) away from the station.