List of Helsinki Metro stations

Helsinki Metro map before the Länsimetro phase 1 extension.

The Helsinki Metro is a metro system in Helsinki, Finland. It was opened on 2 August 1982 and remains the only metro system in Finland and the furthest north in the world. It is operated by Helsinki City Transport (HKL)^[1] for Helsinki Regional Transport Authority (HSL)^[2] and carries over 60 million passengers per year (62.8 million in 2017).^[3]

The system contains a single forked line with 25 stations along a total length of 35 kilometres (22 mi), running from southern Espoo via central Helsinki to the East Helsinki suburbs.^[4] The fourteen stations in Espoo, western and central Helsinki and Puotila and Itäkeskus stations are located in a tunnel, the rest being on surface.^[4] The Länsimetro extension continues the line into western Helsinki and the neighbouring municipality of Espoo.^[4]

Current metro line[]

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Helsinki Metro

Legend

Matinkylä M1

Tapiola M2

municipal border

Central Railway Station

University of Helsinki

main line

Siilitie

depot

Itäkeskus

Puotila

Rastila

Vuosaari M1

Myllypuro

Kontula

Mellunmäki M2

These are the stations on the current metro line. The names are listed first in Finnish, then in Swedish (and English, if applicable¹). Bus transfers are not listed.

Station	Opened	Transfer	Grade
Aalto-yliopisto Aalto-universitetet / Aalto University	2017	—	Underground
Hakaniemi Hagnäs	1982	Tram: 3 6 6T 7 9	Underground
Herttoniemi Hertonäs	1982	—	At-grade
Itäkeskus Östra centrum	1982	—	At-grade
Helsingin yliopisto Helsingfors universitet / University of Helsinki	1995	Tram: 3 6 6T 9	Underground
Kalasatama Fiskehamnen	2007	—	Elevated
Kamppi Kampen	1983	Tram: 7 9	Underground
Keilaniemi Kägeludden	2017	—	Underground
Koivusaari Björkholmen	2017	—	Underground
Kontula Gårdsbacka	1986	—	At-grade
Kulosaari Brändö	1982	—	At-grade
Lauttasaari Drumsö	2017	—	Underground
Matinkylä Mattby	2017	—	Underground
Mellunmäki Mellungsbacka	1989	—	Elevated
Myllypuro Kvarnbäcken	1986	—	At-grade
Niittykumpu Ängskulla	2017	—	Underground
Puotila Botby gård	1998	—	Underground
Rautatientori Järnvägstorget / Central Railway Station	1982	Tram: 3 5 6 6T 7 9 Commuter rail	Underground
Rastila Rastböle	1998	—	At-grade
Ruoholahti Gräsviken	1993	Tram: 8	Underground
Siilitie Igelkottsvägen	1982	—	Elevated
Sörnäinen Sörnäs	1984	Tram: 1 6 6T 7 8	Underground
Tapiola Hagalund	2017	—	Underground
Urheilupuisto Idrottsparken	2017	—	Underground
Vuosaari Nordsjö	1998	—	At-grade

Tram lines as of 14 August 2017. References:^[5]

Some stations of the Helsinki metro

Commuters at Kamppi station.
The entrance to Rautatientori station.
The metro line branches at Itäkeskus station.
Myllypuro is one of the line's open-air stations.

Planned extensions[]

These are lines that are planned or under construction. Existing metro stations are shown in bold.

Länsimetro[]

A map of the Länsimetro extension.

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Kivenlahti(Stensvik)

Espoonlahti(Esboviken)

Soukka(Sökö)

Kaitaa(Kaitans)

Finnoo(Finno)

Matinkylä

(Mattby)

Niittykumpu

(Ängskulla)

Urheilupuisto

(Idrottsparken)

Tapiola

(Hagalund)

Aalto-yliopisto

(Aalto-universitet)

Keilaniemi

(Kägeludden)

Border of Helsinki and Espoo

Koivusaari

(Björkholmen)

Lauttasaari

(Drumsö)

Ruoholahti

(Gräsviken)

The Western Metro Extension was approved on 4 April 2007 and construction began in November 2009. The first stage, which is a 13.9 km (8.6 mi) long extension from Ruoholahti to Matinkylä with eight new stations, opened on 18 November 2017.^[6] The second phase will extend the line further to Kivenlahti.^[7]

Station	Phase	Grade
Finnoo (Finno)	2	Underground
Kaitaa (Kaitans)	2	Underground
Soukka (Sökö)	2	Underground
Espoonlahti (Esboviken)	2	Underground
Kivenlahti (Stensvik)	2	Underground

References:^[8]

Itämetro[]

A map of the Itämetro extension.

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Mellunmäki

(Mellungsbacka)

Border of Helsinki and Vantaa

Länsimäki

(Västerkulla, not yet officially named)

Länsisalmi

(Västersundom)

Border of Vantaa and Helsinki

Salmenkallio

(Sundberg)

Gumböle

Itäsalmi (Östersundom)

Border of Helsinki and Sipoo

Toukolahti (Majvik)

The eastern extension is currently being planned. It would extend the metro eastwards from the current terminus at Mellunmäki.^[9]

Station
Kumpyöli (Gumböle)
Toukolahti (Majvik)
Länsimäki (Västerkulla)^{[note 1]}
Länsisalmi (Västersundom)
Salmenkallio (Sundberg)
Itäsalmi (Östersundom)

^ The Länsimäki station has not yet been officially named.

Other proposed lines[]

A map of Helsinki showing different possible paths for the second metro line.

Kruunuvuorenranta

Kamppi

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Santahamina - Airport (the second metro line)

Santahamina (Sandhamn)
(Gunillavägen)
Laajasalo (Degerö)
Kruunuvuorenranta (Kronbergsstranden)
Katajanokka (Skatudden)
Kauppatori (Salutorget)
Esplanadi (Esplanaden)
Kamppi (Kampen)
Töölö (Tölö)
Olympic Stadium (Olympiastadion)
Meilahti (Mejlans)
Pasila (Böle)
(Olympiabyn)
Metsälä (Krämertskog)
Maunula (Månsas)
Pakila (Baggböle)
Paloheinä (Svedängen)
(Rosendal)
Kartanonkoski (Herrgårdsforsen)
(Vandaport)
Aviapolis
Airport (Lentokenttä / Flygstation)

Pasila - Viikki (a branch of the second line)

Pasila (Böle)
Kumpula (Gumtäkt)
Vanhakaupunki (Gammelstaden)
Viikki (Vik)

Munkkivuori[]

Munkkivuori shopping center around the time of opening in late 1959 or early 1960.

A tunnel for the first metro station in Helsinki was dug in 1964 under Munkkivuori shopping center in concordance with the city's first light rail-based metro plans.^[10] These would have produced of a network of over 90 kilometres (56 mi).^[10]^[11] No metro line has ever reached this unfinished station, consisting of 0.5 km (0.31 mi) long tunnels^{[citation needed]} dug in bedrock. There are no plans of connecting the station to the existing network.^[10] The tunnel was flooded due to a water pipe breakage in January 2010, two months after a similar incident at the Rautatientori station.^[12]^[13]

Notes[]

^1 The three stations on the Helsinki Metro that have an English name that is different from its Finnish name are Central Railway Station (Rautatientori), University of Helsinki (Helsingin yliopisto), and Aalto University (Aalto-yliopisto).

References[]

^ "About HKL". Helsinki City Transport. 14 April 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-06-23. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
^ "About HSL". Helsinki Regional Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 2010-01-19. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
^ Jääskeläinen, Tarja, ed. (17 November 2009). "Helsingin joukkoliikenne 2009" (PDF). Helsinki City Transport. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-01-01. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "By metro >> Track and depot". City of Helsinki, Helsinki City Transport. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
^ "Uudet linjat ja kartat". Helsinki Regional Transport Authority. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
^ "Metroliikenne 18.11.2017 alkaen" (in Finnish). Helsinki Regional Transport Authority. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
^ "Future". Länsimetro Oy. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
^ "Stations". Länsimetro Oy. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
^ "Metro network to be extended eastwards from Helsinki through Vantaa to Sipoo's Majvik". Helsingin Sanomat. Sanoma. 17 August 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Hannula, Tommi (17 September 2007). "Juna ei saavu koskaan ensimmäiselle metroasemalle". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Sanoma. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
^ Alku, Antero (15 August 2008). "Helsingin raideliikenteen historiaa" (in Finnish). 1960-luku. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
^ "Iso vesivahinko sulkee osan Munkkivuoren ostoskeskuksesta" (in Finnish). YLE Helsinki. 26 January 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-01-29. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
^ "Ripeästi vesivahinkojen torjuntaan" (in Finnish). Lassila & Tikanoja. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2011.

External links[]

Media related to Helsinki Metro stations at Wikimedia Commons

[10] The Länsimäki station has not yet been officially named.

[1] "About HKL". Helsinki City Transport. 14 April 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-06-23. Retrieved 20 June 2011.

[2] "About HSL". Helsinki Regional Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 2010-01-19. Retrieved 20 June 2011.

[3] Jääskeläinen, Tarja, ed. (17 November 2009). "Helsingin joukkoliikenne 2009" (PDF). Helsinki City Transport. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-01-01. Retrieved 21 June 2011.

[hkl-track-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "By metro >> Track and depot". City of Helsinki, Helsinki City Transport. Retrieved 2017-11-17.

[5] "Uudet linjat ja kartat". Helsinki Regional Transport Authority. Retrieved 11 January 2018.

[6] "Metroliikenne 18.11.2017 alkaen" (in Finnish). Helsinki Regional Transport Authority. Retrieved 2017-11-17.

[7] "Future". Länsimetro Oy. Retrieved 21 June 2011.

[8] "Stations". Länsimetro Oy. Retrieved 21 June 2011.

[9] "Metro network to be extended eastwards from Helsinki through Vantaa to Sipoo's Majvik". Helsingin Sanomat. Sanoma. 17 August 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2011.

[munkkivuori-hs-11] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Hannula, Tommi (17 September 2007). "Juna ei saavu koskaan ensimmäiselle metroasemalle". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Sanoma. Retrieved 22 June 2011.

[12] Alku, Antero (15 August 2008). "Helsingin raideliikenteen historiaa" (in Finnish). 1960-luku. Retrieved 22 June 2011.

[13] "Iso vesivahinko sulkee osan Munkkivuoren ostoskeskuksesta" (in Finnish). YLE Helsinki. 26 January 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-01-29. Retrieved 22 June 2011.

[14] "Ripeästi vesivahinkojen torjuntaan" (in Finnish). Lassila & Tikanoja. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2011.

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