Mellunmäki metro station
Mellunmäki Mellungsbacka | |||||||||||
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| Helsinki Metro station | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 60°14′21″N 25°6′39″E / 60.23917°N 25.11083°ECoordinates: 60°14′21″N 25°6′39″E / 60.23917°N 25.11083°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Helsinki City Transport | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Helsinki bus lines: 95/N, 97/N/V, 560, 805, 812 Vantaa bus lines: 562, 572, 587 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1989 | ||||||||||
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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]
References
- ↑ "Mellunkylän alueellinen kehittämissuunnitelma" (PDF) (in Finnish). City of Helsinki. 15 February 2010. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
External links
Media related to Mellunmäki metro station at Wikimedia Commons
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