The Jokioinen Railway (JR, Jokioisten rautatie, Jokioisten-Forssan rautatie) located in Jokioinen, Finland, was opened for temporary traffic on December 9, 1898. On October 25 1899, the railway began permanent passenger and freight services. [1]
The Jokioinen Railway was the second privately owned narrow gauge railway opened for common carrier services in Finland. The railway ran from the Finnish State Railways Humppila station via Jokioinen to Forssa. The main-line length of the 750-millimetre (2 ft 6 in) gauge railway was 22.4 kilometres (13.9 mi). In Forssa an electric railway of Forssa Oy connected with the Jokioinen Railway.
- ^ Bergstöm, Matti; Erkki Einola; Olavi Kilpiö (1993). Kapeat kiskot: Suomen yleiselle liikenteelle avatut yksityiset kapearaiteiset rautatiet (Slim rails: The private common carrier narrow gauge railways in Finland). Jokioinen Museum Railway, Finnish Railway Museum, Toijala Locomotive Museum. p. 47. ISBN 951-96543-1-3.