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The Helsinki Metro is a rapid transit system serving Finland's capital city and its surrounding areas, designed to move large numbers of passengers efficiently through the region. It matters as a key piece of urban transportation infrastructure that helps reduce traffic congestion and connects residents to jobs, services, and cultural attractions across the metropolitan area.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Helsinki Metro is referenced by 241 other articles, and connects out to Rautatientori metro station, Vuosaari Harbour and escalator.
It is catalogued under topics including 1982 establishments in Finland, 750 V DC railway electrification and Commons link from Wikidata.
Its subject is documented across 52 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Native name
- Helsingin metro , Helsingfors metro
- Locale
- Helsinki capital region , Finland
- Transit type
- Rapid transit
- Daily ridership
- 304,000 (2017)
- Annual ridership
- 92.6 million (2019)
- Website
- HKL Metro
- Began operation
- 2 August 1982 ; 43 years ago ( 2 August 1982 )
- Operator s
- Helsinki City Transport and Metropolitan Area Transport Ltd
- System length
- 43 km (26.7 mi)
- Track gauge
- 1,522 mm ( 4 ft 11 + 29 ⁄ 32 in ) Broad gauge
- Electrification
- 750 V DC third rail
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- rapid transit
- Official name
- Helsingfors metro
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Espoo
- Operator
- Helsinki City Transport
- Official website
- www.hkl.fi
- Image
- Vuosaaren sillat metro.JPG
- Length
- 21.1
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- maintained by
- Helsinki City Transport
- native label
- Helsingin metro
- Commons category
- Helsinki Metro
- topic's main category
- Category:Helsinki Metro
- Commons gallery
- Helsingin metro
- patronage
- 67500000
- date of official opening
- 1982-08-02
- inception
- 1982-01-01
- daily patronage
- 304000
- has list
- list of Helsinki metro stations
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Encyclopedic overview
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