Jokela railway station
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| Location | Asemanraitti Jokela, Tuusula Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 60°33′11″N 024°58′14″E / 60.55306°N 24.97056°E | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Helsinki–Riihimäki railway | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | ground station | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | Jk | ||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | D | ||||||||||||||
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| 2015 | 1,876 daily[1] | ||||||||||||||
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  Jokela Location within Uusimaa  Jokela Jokela (Finland) | |||||||||||||||
Jokela railway station (Finnish: Jokelan rautatieasema, Swedish: Jokela järnvägsstation) is located along the Finnish Main Line in Tuusula, Finland, 48 km to the north of Helsinki Central railway station. It is situated between the stations of Nuppulinna and Hyvinkää
The station serves the R and T VR commuter rail lines between Helsinki and the Riihimäki terminus to the north.
The station was the scene of the Jokela rail accident (pictured) on 21 April 1996, in which four people were killed after a train derailed in heavy fog. [2]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "A1/1996R Train accident at Jokela, on April 21, 1996" (in Finnish and English). Accident Investigation Board of Finland. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
External links[edit]
Media related to Jokela railway station at Wikimedia Commons
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