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 ...

is a

metro Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to: Geography * Metro (city), a city in Indonesia * A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center Public transport * Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urba ...

system in

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. 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 Helsinki City Transport or HKL (Finnish: ''Helsingin kaupungin liikennelaitos'', Swedish: ''Helsingfors stads trafikverk'', abbreviated to ''HST'') is the official city-owned public transport company in Helsinki, Finland. It operates the Helsinki ...

(HKL) for

Helsinki Regional Transport Authority The Helsinki Regional Transport Authority ( fi, Helsingin seudun liikenne, HSL; sv, Helsingforsregionens trafik, HRT) is the inter-municipal authority that maintains the public transportation network of the nine municipalities of Greater H ...

(HSL) and carries over 60 million passengers per year (62.8 million in 2017). The system contains a single forked line with 30 stations along a total length of , running from southern

Espoo Espoo (, ; sv, Esbo) is a city and municipality in the region of Uusimaa in the Republic of Finland. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordering the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi ...

via central Helsinki to the

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, ...

suburbs. The nineteen stations in Espoo, western and central Helsinki and

Puotila Puotila (Finnish), Botby gård (Swedish) is an eastern neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland. Politics Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Puotila: * Social Democratic Party 24.5% *National Coalition Party 19.9% *True Finns 1 ...

and

Itäkeskus Itäkeskus ( sv, Östra centrum, literal translation ''East center'') is a ''quarter'' in the neighbourhood of Vartiokylä (as of the 1980s) in Helsinki, Finland. The district's main attraction is the largest covered-in shopping mall in the Nordic ...

stations are located in a tunnel, the rest being on surface. The

Länsimetro Länsimetro (English: Western Metro, Swedish: Västmetron) is an extension to the Helsinki Metro system in Finland. The grand opening for the long-awaited extension was held on 18 November 2017. Länsimetro extends the system's two lines, M1 and ...

extension continues the line into western Helsinki and the neighbouring municipality of Espoo.

Current metro line

These are the stations on the current metro line. The names are listed first in

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

, then in

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

(and

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

, if applicable). Bus transfers are not listed. Tram lines as of 3 May 2021. References: File:Kampin asema.jpg, Commuters at Kamppi station File:Helsinki Metro Asematunneli.JPG, The entrance to Rautatientori station File:Itäkeskus metro station 2010.jpg, The metro line branches at Itäkeskus station File:Myllypuron metroasema, Helsinki.JPG, Myllypuro station before refurbishment

Planned extensions

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

Itämetro

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

Other proposed lines

Santahamina - Airport (the second metro line) *

Santahamina Santahamina ( sv, Sandhamn) is an island and neighbourhood of Eastern Helsinki, Finland. At present it is a military base housing the Guard Jaeger Regiment, making access restricted. The Finnish National Defence University (NDU) is also located ...

(''Sandhamn'') * Gunillantie (''Gunillavägen'') *

Laajasalo Laajasalo ( sv, Degerö) is a group of islands that forms a East Helsinki, Southeast Helsinki's Subdivisions of Helsinki#Neighbourhoods, neighbourhood in southern Helsinki, the capital of Finland. As of 2018, it had a population of 18 876. File: ...

(''Degerö'') * Kruunuvuorenranta (''Kronbergsstranden'') *

Katajanokka Katajanokka ( sv, Skatudden) is a neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland, with around 4000 inhabitants in 2005. The district is located adjacent to the immediate downtown area, though in the first major town plan for Helsinki from the mid-18th cent ...

(''Skatudden'') * Kauppatori (''Salutorget'') *

Esplanadi Esplanadi ( sv, Esplanaden), colloquially known as Espa, is an esplanade and urban park in downtown Helsinki, Finland, situated between the Erottaja square and the Market Square. It is bordered on its northern and southern sides by the Pohjoisesp ...

(''Esplanaden'') *

Kamppi Kamppi () is a neighbourhood in the centre of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The name originally referred to a small area known as the "Kamppi field" (see below), but according to the current official designation, "Kamppi" encompasses a much l ...

(''Kampen'') *

Töölö Töölö (; sv, Tölö, formerly spelled ''Thölö'') is the collective name for the neighbourhoods Etu-Töölö ( sv, Främre Tölö, lit=Front Töölö, links=no) and Taka-Töölö ( sv, Bortre Tölö, lit=Rear Töölö, links=no) in Helsinki ...

(''Tölö'') *

Olympic Stadium ''Olympic Stadium'' is the name usually given to the main stadium of an Olympic Games. An Olympic stadium is the site of the opening and closing ceremonies. Many, though not all, of these venues actually contain the words ''Olympic Stadium'' as ...

(''Olympiastadion'') *

Meilahti Meilahti (in Swedish Mejlans) is a neighbourhood of Helsinki between Mannerheimintie (the main entrance road to Helsinki) and a bay named Seurasaarenselkä. Most of the houses in Meilahti were built in the 1930s and 1940s. Meilahti is home to ove ...

(''Mejlans'') *

Pasila Pasila (; sv, Böle, ) is a part of Helsinki, Finland, that is both a central-northern neighbourhood and district, bordering the areas of Alppila to the south, the Central Park ( Keskuspuisto) to the west, and Vallila to the east. Pasila is a ...

(''Böle'') * Olympiakylä (''Olympiabyn'') *

Metsälä Metsälä ( sv, Krämertsskog) is a subdivision of Helsinki with about 1,000 inhabitants. It has predominantly small houses and it is situated between Maunula and Käpylä. Administratively speaking, Metsälä is a part of the Maunula district. ...

(''Krämertskog'') * Maunula (''Månsas'') *

Pakila Pakila ( sv, Baggböle) is a neighbourhood in Northern Helsinki, about nine kilometers from the city center. It comprises Länsi-Pakila ("West Pakila") and Itä-Pakila ("East Pakila"). Pakila has approximately 10 275 inhabitants.

(''Baggböle'') *

Paloheinä Paloheinä (Swedish Svedängen) is one of four quarters of the Tuomarinkylä district in Northern Helsinki, Finland. Described by the municipality as "a place where habitation, traditional agricultural milieus, and the forest meet", the Palohei ...

(''Svedängen'') * Tammisto (''Rosendal'') *

Kartanonkoski Kartanonkoski ( sv, Herrgårdsforsen) is a Finnish housing suburb in the southern part of the City of Vantaa. Kartanonkoski is a part of the Pakkala district and furthermore a part of Aviapolis marketing brand area of Vantaa. The area is locat ...

(''Herrgårdsforsen'') * Vantaanportti (''Vandaport'') *

Aviapolis Aviapolis is a business, retail, entertainment, and housing marketing brand area in central Vantaa, Finland, covering roughly , including Finland's main airline hub and airport, Helsinki Airport. The term is officially used as the name of one of ...

Airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...

(''Lentokenttä'' / ''Flygstation'') Pasila - Viikki (a branch of the second line) *

(''Böle'') *

Kumpula Kumpula ( sv, Gumtäkt) is a verdant neighbourhood in Helsinki, bordered by Eastern Pasila to the west, Vallila to the south, Käpylä and Koskela to the north and Toukola and Arabianranta to the east. As of January 1, 2003, Kumpula had approxim ...

(''Gumtäkt'') *

Vanhakaupunki Vanhakaupunki ( sv, Gammelstaden) is a neighbourhood of the city of Helsinki, Finland, to the north of Toukola. It is also the name of a district of the city, which contains the neighbourhood and its surroundings. The name (meaning "old town") com ...

(''Gammelstaden'') *

Viikki Viikki ( sv, Vik) is a neighbourhood of about 15,000 inhabitants in Helsinki, Finland. It is located at the bottom of ''Vanhankaupunginlahti'' bay, some 7–10 km from the city centre. The district hosts the Viikki Campus with four of the fac ...

(''Vik'')

Munkkivuori

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. These would have produced of a network of over . No metro line has ever reached this unfinished station, consisting of dug in bedrock. There are no plans of connecting the station to the existing network. The tunnel was flooded due to a water pipe breakage in January 2010, two months after a similar incident at the Rautatientori station.

Notes

* 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 The University of Helsinki ( fi, Helsingin yliopisto, sv, Helsingfors universitet, abbreviated UH) is a public research university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but founded in the city of Turku (in Swedish ''Åbo'') in 1640 as the ...

(Helsingin yliopisto), and

Aalto University Aalto University ( fi, Aalto-yliopisto; sv, Aalto-universitetet) is a public research university located in Espoo, Finland. It was established in 2010 as a merger of three major Finnish universities: the Helsinki University of Technology, the He ...

(Aalto-yliopisto).

References

External links

HKL Metro pages

The Länsimetro project
{{Public transport in Helsinki

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*Metro stations

Metro stations A metro station or subway station is a station for a rapid transit system, which as a whole is usually called a "metro" or "subway". A station provides a means for passengers to purchase tickets, board trains, and evacuate the system in the ...