Siilitie metro station

Siilitie
Igelkottsvägen
Helsinki Metro station
Coordinates 60°12′19″N 25°2′37″E / 60.20528°N 25.04361°E / 60.20528; 25.04361Coordinates: 60°12′19″N 25°2′37″E / 60.20528°N 25.04361°E / 60.20528; 25.04361
Owned by Helsinki City Transport
Platforms Island platform
Tracks 2
Connections bus lines: 58/B, 79, 90A, 92N, 94N, 96N, 97N
History
Opened 1982
Services
Preceding station   HKL   Following station
toward Ruoholahti
Northern Branch
toward Mellunmäki
Eastern Branch
toward Vuosaari

Siilitie (Finnish) or Igelkottsvägen (Swedish) is a ground-level bridge station on the Helsinki Metro. It serves the northern part of the district of Herttoniemi in East Helsinki.

The station was one of the first metro stations opened in Helsinki, on 1 June 1982, and was designed by Jaakko Ylinen and Jarmo Maunula. It is located 1.3 kilometres from the Herttoniemi metro station, and 2.1 kilometres from the Itäkeskus metro station.

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