To alleviate the effects of the issue on passenger transport, the Koululahti halt was opened on the north side of the town center on 15 October 1935.

In 1944, the station was elevated to the status of a staffed halt, and in 1955, it was renamed Savonlinna-Kauppatori, highlighting its location in the middle of the town (kauppatori translating to "market square" from Finnish).

[2] Due to the rebuilding of a section of Finnish national road 14 [fi] near Savonlinna, the directly adjacent part of the Huutokoski-Parikkala railway had to be moved as well.

During this interim period, the newly reopened station of Pääskylahti became the terminus of the regional trains from Parikkala.

[3] On 16 June 2012, Savonlinna-Kauppatori became the new terminus of the passenger services on the line, and was renamed Savonlinna, coinciding with the old central station being closed permanently.