The City of Helsinki announced that this September the West Metro system will be put into commercial services. The West Metro organization Länsimetro, Helsinki City Transport HKL and Helsinki Region Transport HSL will set and announce the West Metro opening day after the completion of all inspections by relevant authorities.
“Länsimetro is ready to operate as soon as final approval has been received. According to my estimation, metro services will start in September 2017”, said Ville Saksi, CEO of Länsimetro Oy, who is responsible for the construction work.
The West Metro project will move from the testing phase to the inspections phase at the beginning of June, and the project will be preparing the handover of the West Metro stations and tracks to HKL at the same time. The West Metro can carry passengers after the completion of inspections and possible corrective procedures necessitated by these inspections. The trial runs have gone well and will be completed on 14 May 2017.
HKL, which operates the Metro system, has conducted test rides on the West Metro section of the system during the winter and spring.
The new Metro service and current bus services will operate as parallel services for a while, before the shift to feeder bus services.
The West Metro is an extension of the current Metro system from Ruoholahti to the west consisting of eight new metro stations, two of them in Helsinki and the rest in Espoo.
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