Siilitie metro station

Siilitie
Igelkottsvägen
Helsinki Metro station
Location Siilitie 2, Helsinki
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 HKL
Line(s) M1
M2
Platforms 1
Tracks 2
Connections HSL bus lines 58, 58B, 79, 79B, 90A, 92N, 94N, 96N, and 97N
Construction
Parking 111
Bicycle facilities 117
History
Opened 1 June 1982
Services
Preceding station   HKL   Following station
toward Ruoholahti
Northern Branch
toward Mellunmäki
Eastern Branch
toward Vuosaari

Siilitie metro station (Finnish: Siilitien metroasema, Swedish: Igelkottsvägens metrostation - "Hedgehog Street") is a ground-level station on the Helsinki Metro.[1] It serves the northern part of the district of Herttoniemi in East Helsinki. There are 117 bicycle and 111 car parking spaces at the station.[2] Both lines M1 and M2 serve Siilitie.

Siilitie was one of the original stations on the system, and was opened on the first day of operation on 1 June 1982. It was designed by Jaakko Ylinen and Jarmo Maunula. It is located 1.3 kilometres north-east of Herttoniemi metro station and 2.1 kilometres west of Itäkeskus metro station.

Name

Siilitie (unofficially translated into English as Hedgehog Street) is a veritable oddity in the station naming scheme of the Helsinki metro. As the station is named after the street on which it is located, Siilitie's name is unconventional, because stations on the Helsinki metro tend to be named either after the neighborhood, university, or square which it serves.

References

  1. ↑ "Siilitie". Helsingin kaupunki. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  2. ↑ "Liityntäpysäköinti". HSL (in Finnish). Retrieved 2017-11-19.

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