Jokela railway station

Jokela
Jokela
VR station
General information
Location	Asemanraitti; Jokela, Tuusula; Finland
Coordinates	60°33′11″N 024°58′14″E / 60.55306°N 24.97056°E
Owned by	Finnish Transport Agency
Line(s)	R, T
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	ground station

Jokela railway station (Finnish: Jokelan rautatieasema, Swedish: Jokela järnvägsstation) is located 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 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. ^[1]

References

^ "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

Media related to Jokela railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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[investigation-1] "A1/1996R Train accident at Jokela, on April 21, 1996" (in Finnish and English). Accident Investigation Board of Finland. Retrieved 2 November 2010.

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