Finland

Current

Helsinki
(Helsingfors)

Planned

Tampere
Turku


Helsinki (Helsingfors)

Arto Hellman was kind enough to send me this photo

Metro-train series 100, built 1980-1984, numbers 107-184, owned by Helsinki City Transport (municipal). Gauge 1524 mm, electrification 750 V d.c

More photos from Arto include articulated tram number 96 outside Vallila-depot. Built 1973-1975 and 1983-1987, there are 82 such tram cars in Helsinki. Maximum speed is 60 km/h, gauge is 1.0m, with four double-doors.

Here is the "Sporakoff" restaurant car. Originally built in 1959 and rebuilt 1985, it even has a bathroom.

The Helsinki tramway network has an electrification of 600 V d.c. Line trackage is 89.61 km and total track length is 103.85 km. It is the world's northernmost tramway. Thanks Arto!


A few M2000 cars courtesy Mr. Juhana Nordlund
 

  • HKL - Helsinki City Transport  No photos, unfortunately.
  • euroMetro: HELSINKI Metro
  • Map of Helsinki trams
  • My new Helsinki page, with scans courtesy of HKL
  • FUNET Image of the Helsinki subway
  • Helsinki Tramways from Leif Spanberg
  • Juhana Nordlund's Helsinki Subway pages
  • Finnish Tramway Society
  • Trams in Helsinki