Koivusaari metro station
Koivusaari Björkholmen | |||||||||||
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| Helsinki Metro station | |||||||||||
 The Koivusaari metro station in November 2017. | |||||||||||
| Location | Sotkatie 12, Helsinki | ||||||||||
| Owned by | HKL | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | M1 M2 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | HSL buses 20, 20N, 112N, 115A, 555 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | deep single-vault | ||||||||||
| Depth | 33 metres (108 ft)[1] | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Fare zone | A | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 18 November 2017 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 4,200 daily[2] | |||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Koivusaari metro station (Finnish: Koivusaaren metroasema, Swedish: Björkholmens metrostation) is a station located underwater on the Länsimetro extension of the Helsinki Metro.[3][1][4]
Although the metro station is named after Koivusaari, the westernmost island in Helsinki, it is actually located on the extreme western edge of the Lauttasaari island.
History[]
Koivusaari metro station opened in 2017 as part of the Länsimetro extension, and is currently the only metro station in the world located under the sea.[5] The station has 76-metre-long (249 ft) escalators and funicular-style elevators. It is the westernmost metro station in Helsinki. The following station to the west, Keilaniemi, is located in Espoo.
Koivusaari metro station was temporarily closed for refurbishment – to fix cracks found in the concrete floor of the station – on 1 June 2020 and reopened in September.[6]
References[]
- ^ a b Administrator. "Länsimetro - Koivusaari station". www.lansimetro.fi. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
- ^ "Metroasemien käyttäjämäärät". HKL. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ Administrator. "Länsimetro - Construction". www.lansimetro.fi. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
- ^ "Länsimetro on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
- ^ "Tältä näyttää maailman ainoa merenalainen metroasema - "maailman kaunein metroasema"" (in Finnish). Retrieved 2017-11-19.
- ^ "World's only underwater metro station closes for renovation". YLE. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
External links[]
Media related to Koivusaari metro station at Wikimedia Commons- Länsimetro work in progress
Coordinates: 60°09′49″N 24°51′15″E / 60.1636°N 24.8542°E
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