Itäkeskus metro station (, - "Eastern Center") is a ground-level station on the
Helsinki Metro
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. The station was built on the grounds of the shopping center
Itis
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, and serves the quarter of
Itäkeskus in the neighborhood of
Vartiokylä
Vartiokylä () is a Subdivisions of Helsinki, neighbourhood in the East Helsinki area of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Its name is derived from the ruins of an eleventh-century fortress on the Linnanvuori hill in Vartioharju, one of Vartiokyl ...
in
East Helsinki
East Helsinki (, ) is an area in Helsinki, Finland, usually thought to comprise the city's eastern and south-eastern major districts (, ), including the districts of Vartiokylä, Myllypuro, Mellunkylä, Vuosaari, Herttoniemi, Laajasalo a ...
. There are 240 bicycle and 420 car parking spaces at the station.
Itäkeskus is served by both M1 and M2 and acts as an exchange station between the two, as it is the easternmost station to be shared by both lines.
Itäkeskus is one of the original stations on the system, and was opened on 1 June 1982. It was designed by Jaakko Ylinen and Jarmo Maunula. Itäkeskus is located 2.1 kilometers east of
Siilitie metro station, 1.9 kilometers south of
Myllypuro metro station, and 1.0 kilometers south-west of
Puotila metro station.
Itäkeskus station is unique in the sense that it is the only station on the
Helsinki metro
The Helsinki Metro (, ) is a rapid transit system serving the Helsinki capital region, Finland. It is the world's most northern, the world's northernmost metro system. It was opened to the general public on 2 August 1982 after 27 years of planni ...
that has 3 platforms. It is also one of the two stations on the network at which trains' doors open on the "wrong" side - on the right instead of the left. This only occurs on track 1 when facing
Vuosaari
Vuosaari () is a Subdivisions of Helsinki#Neighbourhoods, neighbourhood in the city of Helsinki, Finland. It is located by the sea in East Helsinki and with its area of is geographically the largest district in the city. It also has two Helsi ...
and
Mellunmäki, and on track 3 (which is rarely used) facing
Helsinki
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and
Kivenlahti. The only other station with this arrangement is
Kalasatama.
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Helsinki Metro stations
Railway stations in Finland opened in 1982