Urheilupuisto (

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) or Idrottsparken (

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) (lit. English "Sports park") is an underground metro station 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 ...

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 ...

(‘Western Metro’) extension of

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. The station is located in western

Tapiola Tapiola (; sv, ) is a district of the municipality of Espoo on the south coast of Finland, and is one of the major urban centres of Espoo. It is located in the western part of Greater Helsinki. The name ''Tapiola'' is derived from '' Tapio'', w ...

, at the northern edge of Jousenpuisto Park and south of the Tapiolan Urheilupuisto (; ‘Tapiola Sports Park‘). A 790-space car park was built next to the metro station and offers elevator access to the station. The station was designed by HKP Architects, in collaboration with many other design firms. During the design stage, the station was known as ''Jousenpuisto'', after the park at its immediate south. The shape of the station building allows natural light to enter at street level and reach down to the platform level via the escalators. The metro station has won several international design awards as part of the eight-station first phase of the Länsimetro. Urheilupuisto is unique among metro stations in Espoo, as it is not built into the bedrock. The station platform is located at a depth of about 27 meters below street level. Urheilupuisto station was designed to operate with only one entrance (on the western side of the building) but, in response to passenger feedback, an entrance was constructed in the eastern side and opened on 29 February 2020. The station is located 1,1 kilometres east from Niittykumpu metro station and 1,3 kilometres west from

Tapiola metro station Tapiola (Finnish) or Hagalund (Swedish) is an underground station on the western extension (Länsimetro) of the Helsinki Metro. The station is located 1,3 kilometres east from Urheilupuisto metro station and 1,7 kilometres southwest from Aalto Uni ...

Pictures

File:Urheilupuisto metro station construction site 3.JPG, The metro station construction site, 2016 File:Urheilupuisto metro station entrance (February 2018).jpg, The entrance of the metro station, February 2018 File:Urheilupuisto metro station entrance at night (March 2017) 1.jpg, The entrance of the metro station at night, March 2017 File:Escalators at the Urheilupuisto metro station (November 2018).jpg, The station's escalators, November 2018

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article at :fi:Urheilupuiston metroasema; see its history for attribution.

External links

Urheilupuisto station

Urheilupuiston asema

Idrottsparkens station
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