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

[2][3] Malmi railway station was opened as a stop in 1871, originally to serve a nearby army training ground.

[2] A large community formed quickly around the station which already had industry, workshops, an electric utilities and two schools in the 1910's.

[2] A new functionalist style station building designed by Thure Hellström was completed in 1934.

Platform tracks 1–2 are unused by the passenger trains that stop at the station and are no longer accessible.