Kalasatama metro station

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.

Kalasatama
Fiskehamnen
Helsinki Metro station
Kalasatama Subway Station on the day of its opening on January 1, 2007
LocationHermannin rantatie 1, Helsinki
Coordinates60°11′15″N 24°58′37″E
Owned byHKL
Line(s) M1 
 M2 
Platforms2
Tracks2
ConnectionsHSL bus lines  16   50   55   56   58   59   551   85N   86N   90A   90N   92N   94N   95N   96N   97N 
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Parking300
Bicycle facilities224
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zone A 
History
Opened1 January 2007
Passengers
22,300 daily[1]
Services
Preceding station   HKL   Following station
toward Ruoholahti
Northern Branch
toward Mellunmäki
Eastern Branch
toward Vuosaari

Unlike most other stations on the Helsinki Metro, Kalasatama was built during active metro traffic, which made construction difficult. Despite this, service was not greatly affected on either of the lines during the station's construction. As the new platforms were built on either side of existing metro track, Kalasatama is one of only two stations on the Helsinki Metro to have separate platforms for both directions of travel, with the other one being Itäkeskus metro station.

In Helsinki there is only two side platform type stations, Kalasatama metro station and Itäkeskus metro station. It is located 1.1 kilometres from Sörnäinen metro station, and 1.8 kilometres from Kulosaari metro station.

Ground level entrance to the elevated station

References

  1. "Metroasemien käyttäjämäärät". HKL. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  2. "Kalasatama". Helsingin kaupunki. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
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