Vuosaari or Nordsjö (Swedish

Swedish language

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) is a ground-level station on the southern branch (Itäkeskus

Itäkeskus metro station

Itäkeskus or Östra centrum is a ground-level station on the Helsinki Metro. It serves the Itäkeskus shopping centre and surrounding areas in East Helsinki...

 - Vuosaari) of the Helsinki Metro

Helsinki Metro

The Helsinki Metro , is the metro system in Helsinki, Finland. It is the World's most northern metro system, and currently the only one in Finland. The system was opened to the general public on 2 August 1982 after 27 years of planning...

. It serves the district of Vuosaari

Vuosaari

Vuosaari is a neighbourhood in the City of Helsinki, Finland. It is located by the sea in East Helsinki, and with its area of 15.38 km² is geographically the largest district in the city. It also has two Helsinki Metro stations, Rastila and Vuosaari...

 in East Helsinki

East Helsinki

East Helsinki is an area in Helsinki, Finland, usually thought to comprise the city's eastern and south-eastern major districts , including the districts of Vartiokylä, Myllypuro, Mellunkylä, Vuosaari, Herttoniemi, Laajasalo and Kulosaari...

, and is the terminus

Terminal Station

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 of the branch.

The station was opened on 31 August 1998, making it one of the newest stations on the Helsinki Metro. It was designed by the architect

Architect

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 bureau Esa Piironen Oy. It is located 1.2 kilometres from the Rastila metro station

Rastila metro station

Rastila or Rastböle is a ground-level station on the eastern branch of the Helsinki Metro. It serves the residential areas of Meri-Rastila and Rastila in the district of Vuosaari, in East Helsinki....

. The terminus at the other end, Ruoholahti metro station

Ruoholahti metro station

Ruoholahti metro station is a station on the Helsinki Metro. It serves the district of Ruoholahti in Helsinki's southwestern city centre. Ruoholahti is the westernmost metro station in Helsinki, and will continue to be until the extension to Espoo, known as Länsimetro under construction is...

, is 16 kilometres away.

In 2011 a 1.4 km long service rail was created from the end of the Vuosaari branch to the Vuosaari Harbour

Vuosaari Harbour

Vuosaari Harbour is a seaport facility in Helsinki, Finland, opened in November 2008....

. The service rail connects the metro track into the main railway network

Rail transport in Finland

The Finnish railway network consists of a total of 5,919 km of railways built with Russian gauge track. Passenger trains are operated by the private state-owned VR Group. They serve all the major cities and many rural areas, though railway connections are available to fewer places than bus...

 and may replace the current, much longer service rail that runs through the district of Viikki

Viikki

Viikki is a neighbourhood of about 5,500 inhabitants in Helsinki, Finland. It is located at the bottom of Vanhankaupunginlahti bay, some 7–10 km from the city centre....

. The new service rail will be used to move heavy maintenance and construction machinery and materials, including those related to the Länsimetro

Länsimetro

The Western Metro Extension will be an extension of the Helsinki Metro system from central Helsinki, Finland, to the neighbouring city of Espoo. The new stretch of line will extend from the existing Ruoholahti metro station via the island of Lauttasaari, the Aalto University School of Science and...

project.

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