Itäkeskus metro station

Itäkeskus metro station (Finnish: Itäkeskuksen metroasema, Swedish: Östra centrumens metrostation - "Eastern Center") is a ground-level station on the Helsinki Metro.[2] The station was built on the grounds of the shopping center Itis, and serves the quarter of Itäkeskus in the neighborhood of Vartiokylä in East Helsinki. There are 240 bicycle and 420 car parking spaces at the station.[3] 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 Östra centrum
Helsinki Metro station
Location	Tallinnanaukio 2, Helsinki
Coordinates	60°12′37″N 25°4′41″E
Owned by	HKL
Line(s)	M1   M2
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Connections	HSL bus lines  54   82   82B   90A   90N   92   93   93K   94   94N   95   97   97N   97V   98   500   550   554   561   801   802   805   841   841N   842   843
Construction
Parking	420
Bicycle facilities	240
Other information
Fare zone	B
History
Opened	1 June 1982
Passengers
40,600 daily[1]
Services
Preceding station   HKL   Following station Siilitie toward Ruoholahti Northern Branch Myllypuro toward Mellunmäki Eastern Branch Puotila toward Vuosaari

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 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 and Mellunmäki, and one track 2 (which is rarely used) facing Helsinki and Matinkylä. The only other station with this arrangement is Kalasatama's.

Eastern entrance to the westbound platform

References

1. "Metroasemien käyttäjämäärät". HKL. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
2. "Itäkeskus". Helsingin kaupunki. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
3. "Liityntäpysäköinti". HSL (in Finnish). Retrieved 2017-11-19.

External links

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