Järvenpää railway station

Järvenpää
Träskända
Järvenpää ; Träskända
VR station
General information
Location	Asema-aukio 1, 04400; Keskusta, Järvenpää; Finland
Coordinates	60°28′26″N 25°5′25″E / 60.47389°N 25.09028°E
Owned by	Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency
Operated by	VR Group
Line(s)	Helsinki–Riihimäki
Platforms	1 side platform; 1 island platform
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	Jp
Fare zone	D
Classification	Part of split operating point (Järvenpää)
History
Opened	17 March 1862; 162 years ago
Passengers
2015	9,227 daily
Services
Location
Location

Järvenpää railway station (Finnish: Järvenpään rautatieasema, Swedish: Träskända järnvägsstation) is a railway station in Järvenpää about 37 kilometres (23 mi) north from Helsinki Central station. It is situated 200 metres (660 ft) northeast of the city centre on a small hill. It was one of the first railway stations in Finland, which was established along the country's first railway line in 1862. Commuter trains D, R and T stop at the station.

In 1999 the station building was moved approximately 25 m (82 ft) further away from the tracks.

Next to the station is the Järvenpää taxi rank. Many local bus lines stop at the station. The bus station is 300 m (980 ft) north of the station.

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.