Järvenpää railway station ( fi, Järvenpään rautatieasema, sv, Träskända järnvägsstation) is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

Järvenpää Järvenpää (; sv, Träskända) is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located on the Helsinki–Riihimäki railway track in Uusimaa region, some north of Helsinki. Neighbouring municipalities are Tuusula, Sipoo and Mäntsälä. People ...

about north from

Helsinki Central station Helsinki Central Station ( fi, Helsingin päärautatieasema, sv, Helsingfors centralstation) ( HEC) is the main station for commuter rail and long-distance trains departing from Helsinki, Finland. The station is used by approximately 400,000 peo ...

. It is situated northeast of the city centre on a small hill. It was one of the first railway stations in

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, which was established along the country's first railway line in 1862. Local lines D, R, T and few rush hour trains stops at the station. In 1999 the station building was moved approximately further away from the tracks. The station has three platforms. Track 1 is for southbound trains, track 2 is for northbound non-stop-trains and the northbound local trains stops at platform 3. Tracks 2 and 3 form an

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

. Next to the station is the Järvenpää

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rank. Many local bus lines stop at the station. The bus station is north of the station.

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Railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

Railway stations in Uusimaa Railway stations opened in 1862 1862 establishments in Finland {{Finland-railstation-stub