Helsingin kaupungin liikennelaitos

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Helsingin kaupungin liikennelaitos / Helsingfors stads trafikverk
Helsingin kaupungin liikennelaitoksen logo.svg
Basic information
Company headquarters Helsinki , Finland
Web presence Web presence
Reference year 2004/2005
owner Helsinki City 100%
Lines
Subway 2
tram 11
bus 129
Other lines 2 (ferries)
number of vehicles
Subway car 54
Tram cars 127
Omnibuses 454
statistics
Passengers 203.4 million per year
Payment machine; The “zero” for tram, station at the Suomenlinna ferry, is missing in the lower left corner
widespread: prepaid blue "check cards", when you approach the pay stations the credit is displayed

Helsinki City Transport (or Helsinki stads trafikverk ; Finnish and Swedish for "Operations of the City of Helsinki", official abbreviation HKL / HST ) is the name of the transport authority of the city of Helsinki . They are owned by the city. HKL has been part of the newly founded Helsingin seudun liikenne (HSL) regional association since the beginning of 2010 , which is now responsible for planning and coordinating local public transport in the Helsinki region . Since then, HKL has only operated as the operator of the Helsinki Metro , the Helsinki tram and (through a subsidiary) the ferry connections to the island of Suomenlinna . City bus transport in Helsinki was spun off in 2005.

history

From 1890 to 1944 local public transport in Helsinki was operated by the company Spårvägs- och Omnibus-Aktiebolaget i Helsingfors - Helsingin Raitiotie- ja Omnibus-Osakeyhtiö . The city bought the majority of the company's shares in 1913. In 1944 the corporation was converted into a municipal enterprise.

From 1949 to 1974, 1979 to 1985 HKL was the operator of the trolley bus -lines of Helsinki.

In December 2004 the bus department HKL-Bussiliikenne ("HKL-Busverkehr") was merged with the company Suomen Turistiauto Oy (" Finnische Reisebusgesellschaft AG"), which is also fully owned by the city . The name of the new, independent bus company has been Helsingin Bussiliikenne Oy ("Busverkehr Helsinki AG") since January 2005 .

The ferry traffic to Suomenlinna is carried out by the HKL subsidiary Suomenlinnan Liikenne Oy .

HKL has been part of the Helsingin seudun liikenne (HSL) regional association since January 1st, 2010 .

Operating data

Passenger numbers

In 2004 HKL carried a total of 203.5 million passengers, of which

  • 56.6 million by tram
  • 90 million in the city buses
  • 55.4 million by subway
  • 1.4 million on the Suomenlinna ferries

Lines

Tram: 11
City bus: 129, of which

  • 90 main lines
  • 8 amplifier lines
  • 31 special lines (night buses, demand lines, service lines for seniors)

Metro: 2
Ferry services to Suomenlinna: 2

Vehicle fleet

HKL

Tram trains: 127, of which

Underground double railcars: 54

(As of January 2005)

Helsingin Bussiliikenne Oy (formerly HKL)

Buses: 454, of which

  • 94 articulated buses
  • 347 normal buses
  • 16 minibuses

(As of January 2004)

Suomenlinnan Liikenne Oy (subsidiary)

Owned by Suomenlinnan Liikenne Oy :

  • M / S Suomenlinna 2, built 2004

Only for the summer season, operated by the company Sun Lines Oy :

  • M / S Suokki, built in 1950 as M / S Suomenlinna (acquired by Sun Lines in 2004, since then under a new name)
  • M / S Tor, built in 1992

  • A bus from Helsingin Bussiliikenne Oy (formerly HKL)

  • HKL tram in the harbor

  • Ferry to Korkeasaari

  • Suomenlinna ferry

  • Sun Lines Qy ferry

  • Helsinki Metro

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