The Helsinki City Planning Department has began work on the local plan required for the proposed new rail line around the Helsinki city centre. The proposed new 7.2km long link is called Pisara (“droplet”) reflecting its shape and features 6km of twin-tube tunnels with cross passages every 200m.
The proposed three Pisara stations would be located in Hakaniemi, the city centre and Töölö. Each station would have 1-3 entrances.
The Pisara line would enable local trains to be run more frequently, easing congestion from the Railway Station to the north, benefiting rail transport on a national level.
According to plan, the Helsinki City Council will decide on the Pisara local plan in 2014. The realization of the plan also requires approval by the Finnish Transport Agency.
Helsinki plans Metro system
Written by
Tris Thomas on
21/08/2012 in News
Tagged:
More Like This
Eglinton Crosstown West Extension Advance Tunnel 2 awarded
Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx have awarded a fixed-price contract of $255M to Strabag Inc. to design, build and finance…
Final breakthrough achieved on London Power Tunnels
National Grid’s US$1.2bn London Power Tunnels (LPT) project has achieved a major milestone with its final tunnelling breakthrough at Eltham…
hyperTunnel and AmcoGiffen sign distributor agreement
hyperTunnel, a technology company innovating underground construction methods, has signed an exclusive distributor agreement (EDA) with AmcoGiffen for the application…
Comments: