Kalasatama metro station

Kalasatama Fiskehamnen
Helsinki Metro station
Kalasatama Subway Station on the day of its opening on January 1, 2007
Location	Hermannin rantatie 1, Helsinki
Coordinates	60°11′15″N 24°58′37″E / 60.18750°N 24.97694°E / 60.18750; 24.97694Coordinates: 60°11′15″N 24°58′37″E / 60.18750°N 24.97694°E / 60.18750; 24.97694
Owned by	HKL
Line(s)	M1   M2   M2M
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	HSL bus lines  16   50   55   56   58   59   551   85N   86N   90A   90N   92N   94N   95N   96N   97N
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	300
Bicycle facilities	224
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	A
History
Opened	1 January 2007
Passengers
22,300 daily[1]
Services
Preceding station   HKL   Following station Sörnäinen towards Matinkylä Northern Branch Kulosaari towards Mellunmäki Eastern Branch Kulosaari towards Vuosaari

Kalasatama metro station (Finnish: Kalasataman metroasema, Swedish: Fiskehamnens metrostation - "Fish Harbor") is a ground-level station on the Helsinki Metro, in the capital city of Finland.^[2] The station was opened on 1 January 2007, and it serves the eastern part of the central Helsinki district of Sörnäinen's quarter Kalasatama. The area is mainly composed of offices and apartments, with new residential and commercial developments being under construction in the area, including the shopping center Redi. The port facilities previously in the area were moved to Vuosaari Harbour in 2008.

Unlike most other stations on the Helsinki Metro, Kalasatama was built while the metro was still running, which made construction difficult. Despite this, service was not greatly affected on either of the lines during the station's construction. Because the new platforms were built on either side of the existing metro track, Kalasatama is one of only two stations on the Helsinki Metro to have two separate side platforms. The other example of this layout on the Helsinki Metro is Itäkeskus metro station. Other metro stations have only singular island platforms.

Kalasatama metro station is located 1.1 kilometres from Sörnäinen metro station, and 1.8 kilometres from Kulosaari metro station.

Ground level entrance to the elevated station

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• Media related to Kalasatama metro station at Wikimedia Commons