Itäkeskus

Östra centrum
Helsinki Metro station
General information
LocationTallinnanaukio 2, Helsinki
Coordinates60°12′37″N 25°4′41″E / 60.21028°N 25.07806°E / 60.21028; 25.07806
Owned byHKL
Platforms2
Tracks3
Connections
  • Light rail: 15
  • HSL bus lines  54   80   82   82B   92   94   94N   95   97   97N   97V   98   500   550   561   562   801   802   805   831   831K   841   841N   842   843   844 
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Parking420
Bicycle facilities240
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zoneB
History
Opened1 June 1982
Passengers
40,600 daily[1]
Services
Preceding station Helsinki Metro Following station
Siilitie
towards Kivenlahti
 M1 Puotila
towards Vuosaari
Siilitie
towards Tapiola
 M2 Myllypuro
towards Mellunmäki

Itäkeskus metro station (Finnish: Itäkeskuksen metroasema, Swedish: Östra centrums 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 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 on track 2 (which is rarely used) facing Helsinki and Matinkylä. The only other station with this arrangement is Kalasatama.

Eastern entrance to the westbound platform at Tallinnanaukio

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.

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