Vuosaari metro station (Finnish: Vuosaaren metroasema, Swedish: Nordsjös metrostation) is the ground-level terminus station of the M1 line of the Helsinki Metro.[2] It serves the district of Vuosaari in East Helsinki.
Vuosaari Nordsjö | |||||||||||
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| Helsinki Metro station | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Valkopaadentie 2A, Helsinki | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 60°12′26″N 25°8′32″E / 60.20722°N 25.14222°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | HKL | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | HSL bus lines 90 90A 90N 96 560 813-819 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 222 | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 243 | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | B | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 31 August 1998 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 26,800 daily[1] | |||||||||||
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The station was opened on 31 August 1998 and was designed by the architect firm Esa Piironen Oy. It is located 1.2 kilometers east of Rastila metro station.
In 2011, a 1.4 kilometer-long service rail was created from the end of the Vuosaari station to Vuosaari Harbour. The service rail connects the metro track to the railway network and replaced the previous, longer service rail line that ran through the district of Viikki. The service rail has been used to move heavy maintenance and construction machinery and materials, including those that were related to the Länsimetro project.[3]
A trial run with platform screen doors was conducted at Vuosaari. The project was delayed due to technical and safety related testing.[4]
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The station platform -
The passenger inaccessible turning track behind the station
References
edit- ^ "Metroasemien käyttäjämäärät". HKL. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "Vuosaari". Helsingin kaupunki. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
- ^ "Metron huoltoraide rakenteilla Vuosaaressa". HKL. 2011-08-25. Archived from the original on 2011-11-20. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
- ^ "Vuosaari platform doors introduced on 15 February". HKL. 2012-02-17. Archived from the original on 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
External links
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