List of Helsinki Metro stations

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]

A train at Ruoholahti metro station.
Helsinki Metro map before the Länsimetro phase 1 extension.

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
Helsinki Metro
Kivenlahti
 Espoonlahti
 Soukka
 Kaitaa
 Finnoo
 Matinkylä  M1 
 Niittykumpu
 Urheilupuisto
 Tapiola  M2 
 Aalto University
 Keilaniemi
Espoo
Helsinki
municipal border
 Koivusaari
 Lauttasaari
 Ruoholahti
Kamppi
Central Railway Station
University of Helsinki
Hakaniemi
Sörnäinen
Kalasatama
Kulosaari
 Herttoniemi
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		1982Tram:  3   6   6T   7   9 Underground
Herttoniemi
Hertonäs		1982—At-grade
Itäkeskus
Östra centrum		1982—At-grade
Helsingin yliopisto
Helsingfors universitet / University of Helsinki		1995Tram:  3   6   6T   9 Underground
Kalasatama
Fiskehamnen		2007—Elevated
Kamppi
Kampen		1983Tram:  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		1982Tram:  3   5   6   6T   7   9 
Commuter rail		Underground
Rastila
Rastböle		1998—At-grade
Ruoholahti
Gräsviken		1993Tram:  8 Underground
Siilitie
Igelkottsvägen		1982—Elevated
Sörnäinen
Sörnäs		1984Tram:  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.
Länsimetro
 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)
Main article: Länsimetro

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)2Underground
Kaitaa (Kaitans)2Underground
Soukka (Sökö)2Underground
Espoonlahti (Esboviken)2Underground
Kivenlahti (Stensvik)2Underground

    References:[8]

    Itämetro
    A map of the Itämetro extension.
    Itämetro
    		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)
    1. The Länsimäki station has not yet been officially named.

    Other proposed lines
    Main article: Helsinki second metro line
    A map of Helsinki showing different possible paths for the second metro line.
    		 Santahamina
    		 Gunillantie
    		 Laajasalo
    		 Kruunuvuorenranta
    		Katajanokka
    		 Kauppatori
    		Esplanadi
    		Kamppi
    		Töölö
    		 Olympic Stadium
    		 Meilahti
    		Pasila
    		Kumpula
    		Vanhakaupunki
    		Viikki
    		 Olympiakylä
    		 Metsälä
    		 Maunula
    		 Pakila
    		 Paloheinä
    		 Tammisto
    		 Kartanonkoski
    		 Vantaanportti
    		 Aviapolis
    		Airport

    Santahamina - Airport (the second metro line)

    Pasila - Viikki (a branch of the second line)

    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 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

    References
    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.
    4. "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.
    10. Hannula, Tommi (17 September 2007). "Juna ei saavu koskaan ensimmäiselle metroasemalle". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Sanoma. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
    11. Alku, Antero (15 August 2008). "Helsingin raideliikenteen historiaa" (in Finnish). 1960-luku. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
    12. "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.
    13. "Ripeästi vesivahinkojen torjuntaan" (in Finnish). Lassila & Tikanoja. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2011.

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