Helsinki second metro line

The current state of the Helsinki commuter rail network and its planned extensions.

The Helsinki second metro line is a common name for planned extensions to the Helsinki Metro, intended to be developed after the Länsimetro extension has been completed.

Pasila metro

The Pasila metro would start from Kamppi metro station and include four new stations, which would be located in Töölö (underneath the Töölöntori square), at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium, in Meilahti (at Tullinpuomi) and in Pasila. Preliminary plans state that the construction of the Pasila metro line could start in 2019.[1][2]

Airport metro and Viikki metro

From Pasila onwards, two branches have been planned. One of them would go to the Helsinki Airport and from there to Hyrylä in Tuusula, and the other one to Viikki. The Viikki branch would include three new stations: Kumpula, Vanhakaupunki and Viikki. Construction of these branches would happen in the 2020s.[1]

Laajasalo metro

Plans for the so-called Laajasalo metro include eight stations, of which one would be located in Santahamina and three in Laajasalo, and the rest in the centre of the city: in Katajanokka, near the Helsinki Market Square, on Esplanadi and at the Kamppi metro station, where the line would meet the existing metro line. Plans to build the Laajasalo light rail line caused plans for the Laajasalo metro to be practically abandoned. The possible light rail line would be located in a tunnel in the city centre based on plans for the Laajasalo metro.

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.[3]

Planned stations

Planned names  Notes
 Possible continuations towards the Helsinki Airport metro or the Viikki metro
Pasila (Böle)
Meilahti (Mejlans)
Olympiastadion (Olympiastadion)
Töölö (Tölö)
Kamppi (Kampen)  Exchange station for the Matinkylä/Tapiola - Mellunmäki/Vuosaari metro line
Esplanadi (Esplanaden)
Kauppatori (Salutorget)  concrete-built tunnel station
Katajanokka (Skatudden)
Kruunuvuorenranta (Kronobergsstranden)
Laajasalo (Degerö)
Gunillantie (Gunillavägen)
Santahamina (Sandhamn)

Sources

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. Töölö-Pasila -metro 12 September 2009, City of Helsinki. Accessed on 13 November 2011.
  3. Metro bureau of the city of Helsinki: "Helsingin metro 1982"

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