Itäkeskus Metro Station
Itäkeskus is one of the original stations on the system, and was opened on 1 June 1982. It was designed by Jaakko Ylinen and Jarmo Maunula. Itäkeskus is located 2.1 kilometers east of Siilitie metro station, 1.9 kilometers south of Myllypuro metro station, and 1.0 kilometers south-west of Puotila metro station.
Itäkeskus station is unique in the sense that it is the only station on the Helsinki metro that has 3 platforms. It is also one of the two stations on the network at which trains' doors open on the "wrong" side - on the right instead of the left. This only occurs on track 1 when facing Vuosaari and Mellunmäki, and on track 3 (which is rarely used) facing Helsinki and Kivenlahti. The only other station with this arrangement is Kalasatama.
References
- ^ "Metroasemien käyttäjämäärät". HKL. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "Itäkeskus". Helsingin kaupunki. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
- ^ "Liityntäpysäköinti". HSL (in Finnish). Retrieved 2017-11-19.
External links
Media related to Itäkeskus metro station at Wikimedia Commons