Mellunmäki metro station
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Mellunmäki Mellungsbacka | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 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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| 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, 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 away.
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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