Mellunmäki metro station

Mellunmäki
Mellungsbacka
Helsinki Metro station
Coordinates 60°14′21″N 25°6′39″E / 60.23917°N 25.11083°E / 60.23917; 25.11083Coordinates: 60°14′21″N 25°6′39″E / 60.23917°N 25.11083°E / 60.23917; 25.11083
Owned by Helsinki City Transport
Platforms Island platform
Tracks 2
Connections

Helsinki bus lines: 95/N, 97/N/V, 560, 805, 812

Vantaa bus lines: 562, 572, 587
History
Opened 1989
Services
Preceding station   HKL   Following station
toward Ruoholahti
Northern Branch
Terminus

Mellunmäki (Finnish) or Mellungsbacka (Swedish) is a ground-level bridge station on the northern branch (Itäkeskus - Mellunmäki) of the Helsinki Metro. It serves the district of Mellunmäki in East Helsinki, Finland and is the terminus of the northern branch.

The station was opened on 1 September 1989, designed by the architect bureau Toivo Karhunen Oy. It is located 1.6 kilometres from the Kontula metro station. The terminus at the other end, Ruoholahti metro station, is 17 kilometres distant.

The Mellunmäki metro station is the northernmost metro station in the world.[1] The second northernmost metro system is Saint Petersburg Metro, whose northernmost station Parnas is located 19 kilometres (12 mi) south of Mellunmäki.

References

  1. "Mellunkylän alueellinen kehittämissuunnitelma" (PDF) (in Finnish). City of Helsinki. 15 February 2010. Retrieved 16 October 2011.

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