Jokela | |
Type: | VR station |
Style: | VR Group |
Address: | Asemanraitti |
Borough: | Jokela, Tuusula |
Country: | Finland |
Coordinates: | 60.5531°N 24.9706°W |
Line: | Helsinki–Riihimäki railway |
Structure: | ground station |
Platform: | 3 |
Code: | Jk |
Owned: | Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency |
Passengers: | 1,876 daily[1] |
Pass Year: | 2015 |
Map State: | collapsed |
Map Type: | Finland Uusimaa#Finland |
Map Dot Label: | Jokela |
Jokela railway station (fi|Jokelan rautatieasema, sv|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 and 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]
Jokela railway station has three platform tracks. Track 3 is normally unused by the trains that stop at the station.