Jokela railway station

Jokela
VR station
General information
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
Construction
Structure type	ground station
Other information
Station code	Jk
Fare zone	D
Passengers
2015	1,876 daily[1]
Services
Preceding station VR commuter rail Following station Saunakallio towards Helsinki R Hyvinkää towards Riihimäki or Tampere T Hyvinkää towards Riihimäki
Location Jokela Location within Uusimaa Show map of Uusimaa Jokela Jokela (Finland) Show map of 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 VR commuter rail lines R and T that run between Helsinki and Riihimäki.

The station was the scene of the Jokela rail accident (pictured below) on 21 April 1996, in which four people were killed and 75 injured after a train derailed in heavy fog. [2]

Departure tracks

Jokela railway station has three platform tracks. Track 3 is normally unused by the trains that stop at the station.

• Track 1 is used by commuter trains R and T trains to Helsinki.
• Track 2 is used by commuter trains R and T trains to Riihimäki.

[3]

References

1. Esiselvitys lähiliikenteen uusista seisakkeista Kerava–Riihimäki- ja Kerava–Lahti-väleillä (PDF). Helsinki: Finnish Transport Agency. 2015. p. 30. ISBN 978-952-317-142-8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
2. "A1/1996R Train accident at Jokela, on April 21, 1996" (in Finnish and English). Accident Investigation Board of Finland. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
3. Jokela - Train departures - Fintraffic, junalahdot.fi. Retrieved 2025-01-26.

External links

• Media related to Jokela railway station at Wikimedia Commons

Jokela rail crash in 1996