Järvenpää railway station
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.
Järvenpää Träskända | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Asema-aukio 1, 04400 Keskusta, Järvenpää Finland | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 60°28′26″N 25°5′25″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) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 17 March 1862 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 2015 | 9,227 daily | |||||||||||||||||||
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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.