Jorvas railway station is a railway halt on the Helsinki commuter rail network located in the town of Kirkkonummi, Finland, between the Masala and Tolsa stations. The station is served by Helsinki commuter rail L and U trains.
History
Jorvas railway station originally a small stop (known as laituri in the old classification of railway stations in Finland used until 1969) operating under the Masala railway station. The Plattformskjul III-type station building designed by architect Bruno Granholm was completed in 1903 and expanded in 1933 with the plans of architect Jarl Ungern. The station remained in the Porkkala Naval Base leased to Soviet Union in 1944 and was re-opened for Finnish train traffic in 1956, as the naval base was returned to Finland.
After the re-opening, the station functioned as a laiturivaihde (an non-independent, staffed station, usually operating under another nearby station, serving both passenger and freight traffic) for a short while in 1961–1968 and after that as a seisakevaihde (an unstaffed stop for both passenger and freight traffic). Freight traffic at the station ceased in 1987. The station building has since been demolished.
Connections
- U line trains (Helsinki–Kirkkonummi–Helsinki)
- L line trains (Helsinki–Kirkkonummi–Helsinki, nighttime)
Departure tracks
Jorvas railway station has two staggered platform tracks.
- Track 1 is used by commuter trains U and L to Kirkkonummi.
- Track 2 is used by commuter trains U and L to Helsinki.
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