Siilitie metro station

Siilitie metro station (Finnish: Siilitien metroasema, Swedish: Igelkottsvägens metrostation - "Hedgehog Way") is a ground-level station on the Helsinki Metro.[2] It serves the northern part of the district of Herttoniemi in East Helsinki. There are 117 bicycle and 111 car parking spaces at the station.[3] Both lines M1 and M2 serve Siilitie.

Siilitie
Igelkottsvägen
Helsinki Metro station
LocationSiilitie 2, Helsinki
Coordinates60°12′19″N 25°2′37″E
Owned byHKL
Line(s) M1 
 M2 
Platforms1
Tracks2
ConnectionsHSL bus lines 58, 58B, 79, 79B, 90A, 92N, 94N, 96N, and 97N
Construction
Parking111
Bicycle facilities117
Other information
Fare zone B 
History
Opened1 June 1982
Passengers
9,700 daily[1]
Services
Preceding station   HKL   Following station
toward Ruoholahti
Northern Branch
toward Mellunmäki
Eastern Branch
toward Vuosaari

Siilitie was one of the original stations on the system, and was opened on the first day of operation on 1 June 1982. It was designed by Jaakko Ylinen and Jarmo Maunula. It is located 1.3 kilometres north-east of Herttoniemi metro station and 2.1 kilometres west of Itäkeskus metro station.

Name

Siilitie (unofficially translated into English as Hedgehog Way) is a veritable oddity in the station naming scheme of the Helsinki metro. As the station is named after the street on which it is located, Siilitie's name is unconventional, because stations on the Helsinki metro tend to be named either after the neighborhood, university, or square which it serves.

References
  1. "Metroasemien käyttäjämäärät". HKL. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  2. "Siilitie". Helsingin kaupunki. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  3. "Liityntäpysäköinti". HSL (in Finnish). Retrieved 2017-11-19.

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