Koivusaari metro station (, ) is a station located underwater on 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 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 ...

. Although the metro station is named after Koivusaari, the westernmost island in Helsinki, it is actually located on the extreme western edge of the

Lauttasaari Lauttasaari (; sv, Drumsö) is an island in Helsinki, Finland, about west of the city centre. Together with some surrounding unpopulated small islands, Lauttasaari is also a district of Helsinki. With 23,226 residents as of 2017, the island is F ...

island. It is located 2.3 kilometres east from

Keilaniemi metro station Keilaniemi (Finnish) or Kägeludden (Swedish) is an underground station on the western metro extension (Länsimetro) of the Helsinki Metro. The station is located beside the Fortum head office. It is the easternmost metro station in Espoo, going ...

and 1.6 kilometres west from Lauttasaari metro station. The eastern entrance to Koivusaari metro station is located on Sotkatie in Lauttasaari. The western entrance, on the island of Koivusaari itself, had not been taken into use when the Länsimetro was completed, it is waiting until land use in the area has developed enough.

History

Koivusaari metro station opened in 2017 as part of the Länsimetro extension, and is currently the only metro station in the world located under the sea. The station has escalators and funicular-style elevators. It is the westernmost metro station in Helsinki. The following station to the west, Keilaniemi, is located in

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 ...

. The escalators at Koivusaari metro station are the longest in the entire country in Finland. On weekdays Koivusaari metro station is visited by 4,600 passengers per day on average, which is the lowest number among all stations of Länsimetro and the entire Helsinki Metro.Metroasemien käyttäjämäärät
Helsinki Regional Transport Authority. 10 December 2018. Accessed on 6 May 2019. Koivusaari metro station was temporarily closed for refurbishment – to fix cracks found in the concrete floor of the station – on 1 June 2020 and reopened in August.

Gallery

Koivusaari metro station entrance (Mar 2017).jpg, The eastern entrance to Koivusaari metro station Koivusaari escalators.jpg, The longest escalators in Finland Koivusaari metro station construction site 8.JPG, The eastern entrance to the metro station in February 2016

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