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. It was one of the first railway stations in Finland, which was established along the country's first railway line in 1862. Local lines 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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In 1999 the station building was moved approximately 25 m (82 ft) further away from the tracks.
The station has three platforms. Track 1 is for southbound trains, track 2 is for northbound non-stop-trains and the northbound local trains stops at platform 3. Tracks 2 and 3 form an island platform.
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.
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. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
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