Great photos!
Tampere Urban Area has railways going to four directions from it: Pori (west), Seinäjoki (northwest), Jyväskylä (northeast) and Helsinki (south). You can get to Nokia in the Pori direction by train as well as Lempäälä in the south. But I don't think any trains stop at Kangasala (northeast) or Ylöjärvi (northwest). The problem could be that there are no time slots for local trains on the tracks. And of course, the Kangasala station is several kilometres away from the Kangasala municipal centre. That leaves only Ylöjärvi with a potential customer base large enough to possibly justify allocating track capacity to local trains stopping there. Future growth of the urban area may change the equation. But with the city-wide light rail being built and slated to be operational in a few short years, I don't think local trains will be on the agenda for a very long time.
I don't think so eater. It's a shame 'cause when there are no trains transporting people to nearby small train stations like Ylöjärvi and Kangasala, it has an effect to the people where they choose to live and the necessity to use a car. And when people are using their own cars and not living near the old train stations, there's not so much demand on the local trains. So then the city can say that there's no need, people choose to use their own cars.
Although I love the tram that is been built, it does not take people to Ylöjärvi or Kangasala, it only replaces half of one bus line by the year 2020. And the whole of that one bus line by the year 2024. I would have loved to see more trails built so that local trains would be possible to all directions from Tampere. Side tracks for local trains to stop or something like that. But maybe someday. In the year 2200 perhaps. :D
But can't wait the tram to finish! I probably won't be using it that much 'cause I usually have no business to Hervanta or TAYS, but anyway, I think it's cool and I do support it as it can transport more people than buses. And I've heard that Hervanta - city centre - Lentävänniemi line is pretty cramped. And the branch terminal line (?) (pistoraide) could be in the plans so that the tram could some day continue from Lielahti to Ylöjärvi. Don't know when that some day will be though.