Siilitie metro station (, - "Hedgehog Way") is a ground-level station on 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 ...
. It serves the northern part of the district of
Herttoniemi
Herttoniemi ( sv, Hertonäs) is an East Helsinki neighbourhood and a suburb of Helsinki, the Finnish capital.
Geography
Located about east of the city centre, Herttoniemi can be reached by the Helsinki Metro in 10 minutes, or by road via the ItĂ ...
in
East Helsinki
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. There are 117 bicycle and 111 car parking spaces at the station.
Both lines M1 and M2 serve Siilitie.
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
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*Kings who are in English named ''James'' are in Finnish named ''Jaak ...
and
Jarmo Maunula
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. It is located 1.3 kilometres north-east of
Herttoniemi metro station and 2.1 kilometres west of
Itäkeskus metro station
Itäkeskus metro station (, - "Eastern Center") is a ground-level station on the Helsinki Metro. The station was built on the grounds of the shopping center Itis, and serves the quarter of Itäkeskus in the neighborhood of Vartiokylä in East Hel ...
.
Name
Siilitie (unofficially translated into
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 ...
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
External links
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Herttoniemi
Helsinki Metro stations
Railway stations opened in 1982
1982 establishments in Finland