Järvenpää railway station (, ) is a

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Järvenpää Järvenpää (; , ; ) is a town in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Järvenpää is situated in the centre of the Uusimaa region in the immediate vicinity of Lake Tuusula. The population of Järvenpää is approximately ...

about north from Helsinki Central station. It is situated northeast of the city centre on a small hill. Commuter trains , and stop at the station. Next to the station is the Järvenpää

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rank. Many local bus lines stop at the station. The bus station is north of the station.

History

Järvenpää 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. 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. In 1999, the station building was moved approximately further away from the tracks. The ticket sales office was closed in 2022 and a

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was opened inside the station on December 20th, 2023.

Departure tracks

Järvenpää 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. * Track 1 is used by commuter trains , and to Helsinki. * Track 4 is used by commuter trains , and to Riihimäki. Järvenpää - Train Departures - Fintraffic
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Railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

Railway stations in Uusimaa Railway stations in Finland opened in 1862 {{Finland-railstation-stub