Jokela railway station
Railway station in Tuusula, Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
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Location | Asemanraitti Jokela, Tuusula Finland | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 60°33′11″N 024°58′14″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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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]