Kontula metro station (Finnish: Kontulan metroasema, Swedish: Gårdsbackas metrostation) is a ground-level station on the M2 line (Tapiola - Mellunmäki) of the Helsinki Metro.[2] There are 273 bicycle and 53 car parking spaces at Kontula.[3] The station serves the district of Kontula in East Helsinki.
Kontula Gårdsbacka | |||||||||||
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| Helsinki Metro station | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Kontulantie 20, Helsinki | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 60°14′10″N 25°5′1″E / 60.23611°N 25.08361°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | HKL | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | HSL bus lines 57 92N 94 94A 94B 94N 95 560 812 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Below grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 53 | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 273 | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | B | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 21 October 1986 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 21,400 daily[1] | |||||||||||
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Kontula was opened on 21 October 1986 and was designed by architect bureau Toivo Karhunen Oy. It is located 1.4 kilometers north of Myllypuro metro station and 1.6 kilometers west of Mellunmäki metro station.
Pictures
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Eastern (A) entrance -
Escalators -
The middle entrance built in 2002 -
The station before renovations
References
edit- ^ "Metroasemien käyttäjämäärät". HKL. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "Kontula". Helsingin kaupunki. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
- ^ "Liityntäpysäköinti". HSL (in Finnish). Retrieved 2017-11-19.
External links
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Media related to Kontula metro station at Wikimedia Commons
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