The Helsinki second metro line is a common name for planned extensions to the

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, intended to be developed after 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 has been completed.

Pasila metro

The ''Pasila metro'' would start from

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and include four new stations, which would be located in

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(underneath the

Töölöntori Töölöntori ( sv, Tölö torg) is an urban square and marketplace in the Töölö district of central Helsinki, Finland. It is bounded in the west by Runeberginkatu and the southern end of Topeliuksenkatu, in the north by Tykistönkatu; Töö ...

square), at the

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, in

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(at Tullinpuomi) and in

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 ...

. Preliminary plans state that the construction of the Pasila metro line could start in 2019.Board of the HKL traffic bureau:
Lausunto valtuustoaloitteesta (Anttila) koskien Töölön - Meilahden metron/Pisaran kiirehtimistä
' (PDF), www.hkl.fi 14 May 2009, City of Helsinki. Accessed on 13 May 2011.

Airport metro and Viikki metro

From Pasila onwards, two branches have been planned. One of them would go to the

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and from there to

Hyrylä Hyrylä ( sv, Skavaböle, also ) is one of the three villages and the administrative centre of Tuusula, with a population of about 19,500 residents.http://www.tuusula.fi/teksti.tmpl?id=751;numero=101253120 Tuusula.fi information It is located a ...

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, and the other one to

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 ...

. The Viikki branch would include three new stations:

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 ...

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and Viikki. Construction of these branches would happen in the 2020s.

Laajasalo metro

Plans for the so-called ''Laajasalo metro'' include eight stations, of which one would be located in

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and three in

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, and the rest in the centre of the city: in

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, near the

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, on

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 ...

and at the

, where the line would meet the existing metro line. Plans to build the

Crown Bridges The Crown Bridges ( fi, Kruunusillat) is the name given to three bridges under construction in the Finnish city of Helsinki, creating a new tram link and cycle path to the island of Laajasalo. Background The city council of Helsinki decided on 3 ...

connecting Laajasalo to the

Helsinki tram network The Helsinki tram network forms part of the Helsinki public transport system organised by Helsinki Regional Transport Authority and operated by Metropolitan Area Transport Ltd (Finnish: Pääkaupunkiseudun Kaupunkiliikenne Oy, Swedish: Huvudsta ...

caused plans for the Laajasalo metro to be practically abandoned. When the Kamppi metro station was built, a second tunnel was dug underneath it in the 1970s, and this tunnel could be used as a station for a perpendicular metro line.Metro bureau of the city of Helsinki: ''"Helsingin metro 1982"''

Planned stations

Sources

* Architect bureau Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Oy, Ilmari Lahdelma and Riitta Id, City design bureau: ''Töölön metro-osuuden kaupunkirakenteellinen ja -kuvallinen analyysi''. Publications of the general planning department of the Helsinki city design bureau, 19 December 2002, number 2002:15. Helsinki city design bureau. 1458–994
Online version
(PDF)

References

External links

HKL: Metro Pasilasta eteenpäin

HKL: Laajasalon raideyhteys - supistettu metro

''Helsingin Uutiset'': Pasilassa varaudutaan metroon, jota ei näy
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