The Finnish Heritage Agency has classified Lapinlahti railway station as a nationally significant built cultural environment.

The station building designed by Bruno Granholm was completed in the same year and was expanded in 1927.

[1][2] Lapinlahti railway station was a significant location in Rautatie, the first novel by Finnish author Juhani Aho published in 1884, despite the fact that the book predates the actual real-life railway station by years.

[1] Lapinlahti is served by all of the long-distance train services that travel via the Savonia railway from Helsinki to Kajaani and Oulu.

Currently the only exception to this occurs on the afternoon after 1 PM, when two passenger trains meet at the station: InterCity IC 63 to Oulu via Kajaani on track 1 and InterCity IC 68 to Helsinki on track 2.