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The Helsinki second metro line is a common name for planned extensions to the Helsinki Metro, intended to be developed after the Länsimetro extension has been completed.
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Pasila metro
The Pasila metro would start from Kamppi metro station and include four new stations, which would be located in Töölö (underneath the Töölöntori square), at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium, in Meilahti (at Tullinpuomi) and in Pasila. Preliminary plans state that the construction of the Pasila metro line could start in 2019.
Airport metro and Viikki metro
From Pasila onwards, two branches have been planned. One of them would go to the Helsinki Airport and from there to Hyrylä in Tuusula, and the other one to Viikki. The Viikki branch would include three new stations: Kumpula, Vanhakaupunki and Viikki. Construction of these branches would happen in the 2020s.
Laajasalo metro
Plans for the so-called Laajasalo metro include eight stations, of which one would be located in Santahamina and three in Laajasalo, and the rest in the centre of the city: in Katajanokka, near the Helsinki Market Square, on Esplanadi and at the Kamppi metro station, where the line would meet the existing metro line. Plans to build the Laajasalo light rail line caused plans for the Laajasalo metro to be practically abandoned. The possible light rail line would be located in a tunnel in the city centre based on plans for the Laajasalo metro.
When the Kamppi metro station was built, a second tunnel was dug underneath it in the 1970s, and this tunnel could be used as a station for a perpendicular metro line.