Järvenpää railway station (Finnish: Järvenpään rautatieasema, Swedish: Träskända järnvägsstation) is a railway station in Järvenpää about 37 kilometres (23 mi) north from Helsinki Central station. It is situated 200 metres (660 ft) northeast of the city centre on a small hill. Commuter trains D, R and T stop at the station.
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| Location | Asema-aukio 1, 04400 Keskusta, Järvenpää Finland | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 60°28′26″N 25°5′25″E / 60.47389°N 25.09028°E | |||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency | |||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | VR Group | |||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Helsinki–Riihimäki | |||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | Jp | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | D | |||||||||||||||||||
| Classification | Part of split operating point (Järvenpää)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 17 March 1862 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 2015 | 9,227 daily[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
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Next to the station is the Järvenpää taxi rank. Many local bus lines stop at the station. The bus station is 300 m (980 ft) north of the station.
History
editJärvenpää railway station was one of the first railway stations in Finland, established on the country's first railway line in 1862. The station building was completed already in 1858, and is thought to be designed by architect Carl Albert Edelfelt.[3] The station was originally planned to be the junction station for a railway line to Porvoo, but in the end, the railway line was built starting from Kerava station. When local train traffic in Finland began in summer 1886, Järvenpää acted as the terminus for two local train services.[3]
In 1999, the station building was moved approximately 25 m (82 ft) further away from the tracks. The ticket sales office was closed in 2022[4] and a R-kioski was opened inside the station on December 20th, 2023.[5]
Departure tracks
editJärvenpää railway station has four tracks out of which tracks 1, 3 and 4 have a platform. Track 2 is used by southbound long-distance trains that skip the station meanwhile northbound long-distance trains that skip the station use track 3.
External links
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Media related to Järvenpää railway station at Wikimedia Commons- VR (in Finnish)
References
edit- ^ Railway Network Statement 2021 (PDF). Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. 11 December 2020. ISBN 978-952-317-744-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ Esiselvitys lähiliikenteen uusista seisakkeista Kerava–Riihimäki- ja Kerava–Lahti-väleillä (PDF). Helsinki: Finnish Transport Agency. 2015. p. 30. ISBN 978-952-317-142-8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ a b Iltanen, Jussi (2009). Radan varrella (in Finnish). Karttakeskus. pp. 59–60. ISBN 978-951-593-214-3.
- ^ Färding, Aada: Junamatkustajat jäätyvät aamuisin pystyyn, vaikka vieressä olisi lämmitetty rakennus (The news article is behind a paywall) Helsingin Sanomat. Published 2023-01-06. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
- ^ Uusi R-kioski Järvenpään rautatieasemalle – matkaeväät ja liput nopeasti Ärrältä - ePressi www.epressi.com. Published 2023-12-13. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
- ^ Järvenpää - Train Departures - Fintraffic, junalahdot.fi. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
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