Joensuu railway station

Joensuu
Joensuu railway station
General information
Location	Itäranta 12 80100 Joensuu
Coordinates	62°36′00″N029°46′35″E / 62.60000°N 29.77639°E / 62.60000; 29.77639
System	VR station
Owned by	Finnish Transport Agency
Construction
Structure type	ground station
History
Opened	1894
Services
Preceding station VR Group Following station Niittylahti towards Kouvola Kouvola–Joensuu Terminus Onttola towards Pieksämäki Pieksämäki–Joensuu
Location

VR class Dv12 diesel locomotive at Joensuu station, having just arrived with a train from Pieksämäki

Preserved VR steam locomotive at Joensuu station

Joensuu railway station (in Finnish: Joensuun rautatieasema) is located in Joensuu, North Karelia, Finland. The station was opened in 1894.

The station is served by passenger trains to Helsinki (via Lappeenranta, Kouvola and Lahti), Nurmes and Pieksämäki. The line to Helsinki via Lappeenranta is electrified, all other routes are operated by diesel hauled trains. The passenger train service to Nurmes was originally to close in 2016, ^[1] but as of 2019 is still in service.

Passenger trains to Helsinki are mainly operated by InterCity carriages or Pendolino units.

Departure tracks

Joensuu railway station has three platform tracks. Track 2 is currently unused by passenger trains.

• Track 1 is used by long-distance trains to Helsinki.
• Track 3 is used by railbus services both to Pieksämäki and to Nurmes.

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See also

• VR (Finnish Railways)
• Joensuu Airport

External links

• Media related to Joensuu railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• VR
• VR – Joensuu station

References

1. "VR to close nearly 30 train stations, some routes | Yle Uutiset | yle.fi". Archived from the original on 2015-09-17.
2. Joensuu - Train Departures - Fintraffic, junalahdot.fi. Retrieved 2025-01-26.