Kamppi metro station (Finnish: Kampin metroasema; Swedish: Kampens metrostation) is a station on the Helsinki Metro. In addition to serving the area around Kamppi in central Helsinki, the station is integrated with the Kamppi Center bus terminal and shopping complex. Kamppi is served by both lines M1 and M2.
The station was opened on 1 March 1983, designed by Eero Hyvämäki, Jukka Karhunen, and Risto Parkkinen. It is located 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) from the Ruoholahti metro station, and 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) from the Central Railway Station. The station is the deepest of the Helsinki Metro stations, at a depth of 31 metres (102 ft) below ground level[2] and 15 metres (49 ft) below sea level. It was built with a secondary platform located perpendicularly under the one in use, reserved for a future metro extension.[3] Like other underground metro stations in Helsinki, Kamppi metro station was designed to also serve as a bomb shelter.[4]
A new eastern entrance, connecting directly to Kamppi Center, was opened on 2 June 2005.
Pictures
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Platform level -
Original ticket hall, opened in 1983 -
Entrance from the shopping centre, opened in 2005 -
Old escalators to the ticket hall -
Newer escalators leading straight to the shopping centre
References
- ^ "Metroasemien käyttäjämäärät". HKL. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "Kamppi metro station". HKL. 14 December 2009. Archived from the original on 2015-05-06. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ Salonen, Juha (13 February 2005). "Seed of new subway line sprouting in basement of Kamppi complex". Helsingin Sanomat. Sanoma. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ Grove, Thomas (14 July 2017). "Beneath Helsinki, Finns Prepare for Russian Threat". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
External links
Media related to Kamppi metro station at Wikimedia Commons
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