Ainola railway station

Railway station in Järvenpää, Finland

60°27′25″N 25°06′06″E / 60.4570°N 25.1016°E / 60.4570; 25.1016Owned byFinnish Transport Infrastructure AgencyOperated byVR GroupLine(s)Helsinki–RiihimäkiPlatforms2 side platformsConstructionStructure typeAt-gradeOther informationStation codeAinFare zoneDClassificationPart of split operating point (Järvenpää)^[1]HistoryOpened1 September 1949 (1949-09-01)Previous namesAinola (until 1 June 2015)Passengers2015927 daily^[2] Services

Preceding station	VR commuter rail			Following station
Kerava towards Helsinki		R		Järvenpää towards Riihimäki or Tampere
Kerava towards Helsinki		T		Järvenpää towards Riihimäki

Location

Ainola railway station (Finnish: Ainolan rautatieasema, Swedish: Ainola järnvägsstation), formerly Kyrölä railway station,^[3] is a Helsinki commuter rail station in the town of Järvenpää, Finland. The station is served by Helsinki commuter rail R- and T-line trains. Trains to Helsinki depart from track one and trains to Riihimäki depart from track two.

The station was renamed Ainola on 1 June 2015 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the composer Jean Sibelius.^[3]^[4] Ainola was his and his wife Aino's home.^[5] The walk from the station to Ainola takes around 20 minutes.^[4]

References

^ Railway Network Statement 2021 (PDF). Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. 11 December 2020. ISBN 978-952-317-744-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b "Kyrölä-nimi muuntuu Ainolaksi | Keski-Uusimaa". www.keski-uusimaa.fi. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Ainola railway station". Sibelius One. 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
^ "Ainola, Jean and Aino Sibelius' home". Visit Tuusulanjärvi. Retrieved 2020-07-26.