Järvenpää railway station
railway station in Järvenpää, Finland
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. Commuter trains D, R and T stop at the station.
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.
History
Järvenpää railway station was one of the first railway stations in Finland, established on the country's first railway line in 1862. The station building was completed already in 1858, and is thought to be designed by architect Carl Albert Edelfelt. The station was originally planned to be the junction station for a railway line to Porvoo, but in the end, the railway line was built starting from Kerava station. When local train traffic in Finland began in summer 1886, Järvenpää acted as the terminus for two local train services.
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