Address 00970 Helsinki, Finland Owner Helsinki City Transport Architect Toivo Korhonen | Tracks 2 Opened 1989 Platform Island platform | |
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Owned by Helsinki City Transport Connections Helsinki bus lines: 95/N, 97/N/V, 560, 805, 812Vantaa bus lines: 562, 572, 587 Similar Itäkeskus metro station, Kontula metro station, Vuosaari metro station, Ruoholahti metro station, Myllypuro metro station | ||
Mellunm ki metro station helsinki the northernmost metro station in the world
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, Finland 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 distant.
The Mellunmäki metro station is the northernmost metro station in the world. The second northernmost metro system is Saint Petersburg Metro, whose northernmost station Parnas is located 19 kilometres (12 mi) more to the south of Mellunmäki.
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