Jokioinen Museum Railway

Railway line in Finland
2 ft 5+12 in)Length14.2 km (8.8 mi)
Route map

Legend
0.2
Humppila station
1.7
Kermala
3.7
Palomäki
4.1
Santavaihde
(spur lifted)
6.1
Vuorela
8.0
Minkiö station
8.5
Jänhijoki railway bridge
10.0
Salminen
11.7
Raemäki
13.3
Kirkkotie
14.2
Jokioinen station
15.0
Siirappiraide

The Jokioinen Museum Railway is located in Jokioinen, Finland. It is located on the last operating commercial narrow gauge railway in Finland, the 750 mm (2 ft 5+12 in) gauge Jokioinen Railway.

The museum was established on February 2, 1978, four years after the discontinued operation of the commercially-operated railway, when the new Jokioinen Museum Railway Limited joint stock company (Finnish: Jokioisten Museorautatie Oy) bought the rail line from Jokioinen to Minkiö railway station, with its land and associated buildings. Museum steam trains began running that same year. In 1994 the line was extended with an 8-kilometre (5 mi) stretch between Minkiö and Humppila.

The museum railway station at Humppila is beside the station of the Turku-Toijala VR line, providing a convenient access to the museum.

The Minkiö station has a narrow gauge museum with a collection of carriages and locomotives. There are a number other attractions in the vicinity of the railway.

Gallery

  • A 2-6-2T built at Tubize works in Belgium in 1947
    A 2-6-2T built at Tubize works in Belgium in 1947
  • Driver firing a 2-6-2T built at Tubize works in Belgium in 1947
    Driver firing a 2-6-2T built at Tubize works in Belgium in 1947
  • HKR5 locomotive (ex. Hyvinkää–Karkkila Railway) at Raemäki halt.
    HKR5 locomotive (ex. Hyvinkää–Karkkila Railway) at Raemäki halt.
  • Porter engine (builder: H.K. Porter, 1901, no. 2313, gauge: 750 mm)
    Porter engine (builder: H.K. Porter, 1901, no. 2313, gauge: 750 mm)
  • Obstruction clearing device ("Cow catcher") on narrow gauge locomotive LWR6
    Obstruction clearing device ("Cow catcher") on narrow gauge locomotive LWR6

See also

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jokioinen Museum Railway.
  • Jokioinen Museum Railway website (trilingual, English included)
  • Finnish Railway Museum Official website
  • Steam Locomotives in Finland Including the Finnish Railway Museum
  • Write up on a visit to the Jokioinen Railway

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