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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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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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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Helsinki Metro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.