Kontula metro station (, ) is a ground-level station on the M2 line (
Tapiola
Tapiola (; sv, ) is a district of the municipality of Espoo on the south coast of Finland, and is one of the major urban centres of Espoo. It is located in the western part of Greater Helsinki. The name ''Tapiola'' is derived from '' Tapio'', w ...
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Mellunmäki
Mellunmäki ( sv, Mellungsbacka) (Slang: ''Meltsi'') has been a quarter of eastern Helsinki, Finland since 1946. Serious construction of the area began in 1950 and it was originally designed for 7000 inhabitants. There are over 8500 inhabitants in ...
) of the
Helsinki Metro
The Helsinki Metro ( fi, Helsingin metro, sv, Helsingfors metro) is a rapid transit system serving Greater Helsinki, Finland. It is the world's northernmost metro system. It was opened to the general public on 2 August 1982 after 27 years of p ...
. There are 273 bicycle and 53 car parking spaces at Kontula.
The station serves the district of
Kontula in
East Helsinki
East Helsinki ( fi, Itä-Helsinki, sv, Östra Helsingfors) is an area in Helsinki, Finland, usually thought to comprise the city's eastern and south-eastern major districts (, ), including the districts of Vartiokylä, Myllypuro, Mellunkylä, ...
.
Kontula was opened on 21 October 1986 and was designed by
architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
bureau Toivo Karhunen Oy. It is located 1.4 kilometers north of
Myllypuro metro station
Myllypuro metro station (, - "Mill Creek") is a ground-level station on lines M2 (Tapiola - Mellunmäki) and M2M ( Matinkylä - Mellunmäki) of the Helsinki Metro. There are 97 bicycle and 40 car parking spaces at Myllypuro. The station serves t ...
and 1.6 kilometers west of
Mellunmäki metro station
Mellunmäki metro station (, ) is the ground-level terminus station on the M2 line of the Helsinki Metro. It serves the district of Mellunmäki in East Helsinki.
The station was opened on 1 September 1989 and was designed by architect
An arc ...
.
Pictures
File:Kontula metro station escalators April 2022.jpg, Escalators
File:Kontula metro station entrance April 2022.jpg, The middle entrance built in 2002
File:Kontulan metroasema, Helsinki2.JPG, The station before renovations
References
External links
Helsinki Metro stations
Railway stations opened in 1986
1986 establishments in Finland
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