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It is time of the Midsummer Magic. Sunday the 26th of June has its magic, as two adults or two 6-16 years old kids travel in price of one! To make the magic work you need to bring a dandelion or another (not protected) wild flower to the ticket sales of the station when purchasing a ticket.
So everyone can now come and enjoy the Midsummer steam train ride! You can tell this great news to all your friends as everyone is welcome to the Mid Summer train!
We wish very sunny and happy Midsummer to everyone!
Ps. Remember the dandelion.
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The scheduled steam train traffic of Jokioinen Museum Railway will start on Sunday 5.6. The first train will depart at 10.25 and the trains will run all the day according to our timetable. For more information and the timetables please visit our event Event Calendar!
This season will be opened like last year with old automobiles as invited guests. The Museum Railway welcomes all old automobiles to attend the opening day at Minkiö station from 11 to 15.
There are many other events in summer like one of the big events of this summer -the Minkiö Farmers Market when there are two trains running and the biggest market of the summer at the Minkiö station on the last Sunday of June.
In mid July on Sunday 17.7. there will be two steam trains running with train meets at Minkiö station and much more trains to catch and for example stop at the new barbecue place at Soravaihde (Sand Spur).
The last weekend of July is time for a grand celebration! The Minkiö Steam festival turn ten years and there will be steam, steam and more steam with lot of festivities for people of all ages!
In autumn on Saturday 10.9. there are trains operating together with the Childrens' Agricultural Fair "Mansikki". The summer operating season will close down the very same evening with the Star Light Train and fireworks!
However the operating season does not fully end here. Last year Santa promised to return with the Santa Claus Train and yes, he is back on Saturday 3.12. with the steam train and small market at Minkiö station.
You can find all the events at our Event Calendar!
In addition to trains you can also rent handcars on days when there are no trains running. For more information please visit our Handcar page.
Groups can also charter their own steam or diesel train, reserve guided tours of the Narrow Gauge Museum or coffee at Minkiö station cof'é. For more information please visit the Services for the groups -pages.
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In June every Thursday evening Jokioinen Museum Railway is organizing a guided hand car trip to our new barbecue place.
The trip starts at 6 pm at Minkiö station and return to Minkiö is about 8-9 pm. Our guide will tell about the history of the railway and light the camp fire. The barbecue place is located at Soravaihde (Sand spur) about 5 km from Minkiö station making the total trip length to about 10 kilometres. It is also possible to continue the hand car trip to Humppila station (3 kilometres more one way) while the guide is preparing the camp fire.
Price of the trip: adults 20 € and 6-16 years old 10 €. The price includes a guided hand car rental, grilled sausage, a bottle of soda or juice.
There is room for maximum of 20 person each time. You have to sign on the trip at least two days before either by email: info[ät]jokioistenmuseorautatie.fi . Type in title "Hand car picnic" and date you want to take the trip.
Attn! Only on Thursdays (2.6., 9.6., 16.6., 23.6. sekä 30.6.)!
Welcome to enjoy a nice summer evening with us!
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This summer Jokioinen Museum Railway and the Nature Cooperative Willimieli will organize guided hand car trips. You can enjoy rolling on the rails, beatuiful countryside scenery and a break by a camp fire!
The next trip will be on Saturday 28.5. at 13.00 hours at Minkiö railway station from where the trip starts towards Humppila. On the way back there is a stop at the Soravaihde (Sand spur) barbecue place with some grilling and coffee!
There is all the time a guide with us. He is also speaking of the history of Jokioinen Railway and the nature around us. After the trip one can take part to a guided tour of the Minkiö station and steam locomotive depot.
The trip requires normal fitness. You have to be more than 15 years old (under 15 years children must be accompanied by an adult). You need clothes according to weather for outdoor activities and good shoes.
Price of the trip is 30 €/person (under 15-year old 15 €). The price includes renting of the hand car, coffee or tea and grilled sausage at the break. Payment is cash only.
Please sign on by 19.5. to Teemu Virtanen,
Starting from the May 13 you can also rent hand cars directly at Minkiö station. For more information please look at the Hire a Hand Car page!
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The first charter train of this spring was running alreadynin April on Thursday 28.4. between Jokioinen-Minkiö-Humppila-Minkiö. The cloudy but dry weather guaranteed succesful trip and after the steam train trip there was a guided tour to Minkiö locomotive sheds and a hand car competition at Minkiö station, where differrent teams were competing against each other!
Everybody enjoyed the steam train trip through spring landscape. The locomotive of the train was old Hyvinkää-Karkkila Railway steam locomotive number 5 from 1917 and carraiages included the combained II and III class carriage number 2 from the same railway and the combained II and III class carraige from Jokioinen Railway. The program included watching the train arriving at Jokioinen station before taking the trip, watching watering of locomotive, switching at Minkiö and lubricating switches at Humppila station. All this offered totally unique experience for passengers.
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Spring has again arrived and snow melted so the annual track work can begin on the 15 km main line of Jokioinen Museum railway. Because of the track work all the people are advised to be very careful when crossing tracks on level crossings. Work trains are running almost every day, so remember to stop, look and listen before crossing!
One of the largest jobs for this spring was the renovation of Saustila stone culvert located just north of Minkiö station.
Saustila stone culvert is the largest of all stone culverts at Jokioinen Museum Railway. Built in 1897-98 this dual culvert is six meters high. It is difficult to estimate the height of the culvert when looking at the level of the tracks, but if you go down by the creek running under the tracks you can see how high and steep the embankment is.
On Friday 15.4. the embankment of the culvert was dug with an excavator and new protecting layer of clay and crushed rock was installed on top of the stone decking. The old clay layer had been eaten by high water when a damn was constructed down stream without authorization of the railway. The dam was removed several years ago, but the culvert could be repaired only this spring.
After this there is still a lot of work to lift and tamp the track crossing the culvert. The track will be fully ready by Thursday 28.4. when the first charter train of year 2016 will run.
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In 2015 there were a record number of trains running at Jokioinen Museum Railway. Total of 749 trains were operated, out of which 324 were passenger trains and 425 work trains mainly for summer track work. Number of trains operated was bigger than in 1971 -the most quiet year of the original Jokioinen railway when only 729 trains were running.
Trains were running on 167 days meaning that a train was running almost every second day of the year. Steam trains operated total of 2078.2 km and diesel trains 2360.7 km. This makes total of 4438.9 km which is a lot for a railway with line length of just 13.9 km.
The track work will continue this year so it is possible that this record of year 2015 will be broken.
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The largest event of the travel trade in Northern Europe, the Nordic Travel Fair MATKA, presents foreign and domestic destinations at Messukeskus, Expo and Convention Centre Helsinki on 21-24 January. You can find the Forssa region and Jokioinen Museum Railway at MATKA Fair. Come and meet us at our stand 6m91!
The Travel Fair will be open on Thursday for travel trade professionals only and from Friday 22.1. to Sunday 24.1. for General Public.
Welcome!