Mellunmäki metro station
Helsinki Metro station
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Mellunmäki metro station (Finnish: Mellunmäen metroasema, Swedish: Mellungsbackas metrostation) is the ground-level terminus station on the M2 line of the Helsinki Metro.[2] It serves the district of Mellunmäki in East Helsinki.
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Mellunmäki Mellungsbacka | |||||||||||
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| Location | Pallaksentie 3, Helsinki | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 60°14′21″N 25°6′39″E | ||||||||||
| System | Helsinki Metro station | ||||||||||
| Owner | HKL | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | HSL Helsinki bus lines 95 95N 97 97N 97V 560 805 812 HSL Vantaa bus lines 570 572 587 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | B | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 September 1989 | ||||||||||
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| 14,000 daily[1] | |||||||||||
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The station was opened on 1 September 1989 and was designed by architect bureau Toivo Karhunen Oy. It is located 1.6 kilometres east of Kontula.
The Mellunmäki metro station is the northernmost metro station in the world.[3] (As a city, Espoo extends somewhat more to the north than Helsinki, but the metro stations in Espoo are more to the south.)
Pictures
Entrance from the bus terminal
Entrance from Korvatunturinpolku
Art in the station
The station before renovations
