Kamppi metro station ( fi, Kampin metroasema; sv, Kampens metrostation) is a 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 ...

. In addition to serving the area around

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 ...

in central

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 ...

, the station is integrated with the

Kamppi Center Kamppi Centre ( fi, Kampin keskus, sv, Kampens centrum) is a complex in the Kamppi district in the centre of Helsinki, Finland, designed by various architects, the main designer, however, being Juhani Pallasmaa. It is said to be Helsinki's new ...

bus terminal and shopping complex. Kamppi is served by both lines M1 and M2. The station was opened on 1 March 1983, designed by Eero Hyvämäki, Jukka Karhunen, and Risto Parkkinen. It is located from the Ruoholahti metro station, and from the Central Railway Station. The station is the deepest of the Helsinki Metro stations, at a depth of below ground level and below sea level. It was built with a secondary platform located perpendicularly under the one in use, reserved for a future metro extension. Like other underground metro stations in Helsinki, Kamppi metro station was designed to also serve as a

bomb shelter A bomb shelter is a structure designed to provide protection against the effects of a bomb. Types of shelter Different kinds of bomb shelters are configured to protect against different kinds of attack and strengths of hostile explosives. Air ...

. A new eastern entrance, connecting directly to

, was opened on 2 June 2005.

Pictures

File:Kamppi metro station platform level.jpg, Platform level File:Kamppi metro station original ticket hall.jpg, Original ticket hall, opened in 1983 File:Kamppi metro station entrance from shopping centre.jpg, Entrance from the shopping centre, opened in 2005 File:Kamppi metro station original escalators.jpg, Old escalators to the ticket hall File:Kamppi metro station escalators to shopping centre.jpg, Newer escalators leading straight to the shopping centre

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