 Thanks to the new line, the station rose in the ranks, which also affected the increases in the wages that staff received.Soon after the Pori line was built, plans were laid to build a line between Haapamäki and Saarijärvi.The Finnish Defence Forces and Members of Parliament from Central Finland stood behind the project because they felt that it was important and it would shorten the trip south of the Haapamäki-Jyväskylä line by 100 km, which would also make it possible to reach Tampere via Haapamäki without having to go through Jyväskylä first.