Siilitie metro station

60°12′19″N 25°2′37″E / 60.20528°N 25.04361°E / 60.20528; 25.04361Owned byHKLPlatforms1Tracks2ConnectionsHSL bus lines 58, 58B, 79, 79B, 90A, 92N, 94N, 96N, and 97NConstructionStructure typeElevatedParking111Bicycle facilities117AccessibleYesOther informationFare zoneBHistoryOpened1 June 1982Passengers9,700 daily^[1] Services

Preceding station	Helsinki Metro			Following station
Herttoniemi towards Kivenlahti		M1		Itäkeskus towards Vuosaari
Herttoniemi towards Tapiola		M2		Itäkeskus towards Mellunmäki

Siilitie metro station (Finnish: Siilitien metroasema, Swedish: Igelkottsvägens metrostation - "Hedgehog Way") is a ground-level station on the Helsinki Metro.^[2] It serves the northern part of the district of Herttoniemi in East Helsinki. There are 117 bicycle and 111 car parking spaces at the station.^[3] Both lines M1 and M2 serve Siilitie.

Siilitie was one of the original stations on the system, and was opened on the first day of operation on 1 June 1982. It was designed by Jaakko Ylinen and Jarmo Maunula. It is located 1.3 kilometres north-east of Herttoniemi metro station and 2.1 kilometres west of Itäkeskus metro station.

Name

Siilitie (unofficially translated into English as Hedgehog Way) is a veritable oddity in the station naming scheme of the Helsinki metro. As the station is named after the street on which it is located, Siilitie's name is unconventional, because stations on the Helsinki metro tend to be named either after the neighborhood, university, or square which it serves.^{[original research?]}

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External links

Media related to Siilitie metro station at Wikimedia Commons