Puotila metro station (, ) is a ground-level
cut-and-cover
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metro station on the M1 line 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 200 bicycle and 331 car parking spaces at Puotila.
It serves the neighborhoods of
Puotila and
Puotinharju 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, ...
.
The station was opened on 31 August 1998, making it one of the newest stations in the Helsinki Metro. It was designed by the
architect
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bureau ''Kaupunkisuunnittelu Oy Jarmo Maunula''. It is located 1 kilometer from the
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 Nordi ...
, and 2 kilometers from
Rastila.
Pictures
File:Puotila metro station entrance April 2022.jpg, Western entrance
File:Puotila metro station escalators April 2022.jpg, Escalators, stairs and an elevator
References
External links
Helsinki Metro stations
Railway stations opened in 1998
1998 establishments in Finland
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