Ruoholahti metro station (, - "Grassy Bay") is a station on the

Helsinki Metro The Helsinki Metro (, ) is a rapid transit system serving the Helsinki capital region, Finland. It is the world's most northern, the world's northernmost metro system. It was opened to the general public on 2 August 1982 after 27 years of planni ...

. There are 72 bicycle and 140 car parking spaces at Ruoholahti. It serves the district of

Ruoholahti Ruoholahti (; ; both meaning "Grass Bay") is a quarter in Helsinki, part of the Länsisatama Subdivisions of Helsinki#Neighbourhoods, neighbourhood and Kampinmalmi Subdivisions of Helsinki#Districts, district. It is located in the southwestern ...

in central

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

. Ruoholahti is served by both lines M1 and M2. It was the western endpoint of the metropolitan line for over 24 years until the 1st phase of the western phase was completed and the undergrounds of

Matinkylä Matinkylä (; , ; both literally translated the "village of Matt/ Matti") is one of the major districts of Espoo, a city on the southern coast of Finland. Matinkylä sits between the Länsiväylä highway and the coast of the Gulf of Finland, bet ...

started on 18 November 2017. The station was opened on 16 August 1993 and was designed by

Jouko Kontio Jouko is a masculine Finnish given name and may refer to: *Jouko Ahola (born 1970), Finnish strongman, powerlifter and actor *Jouko Grip (born 1949), Finnish paralympic athlete * Jouko Halmekoski (born 1937), Finnish writer *Jouko Hassi (born 1959) ...

and Seppo Kilpiä. Ruoholahti is located 1.2 kilometers western of

Kamppi Kamppi () is a Subdivisions of Helsinki#Neighbourhoods, neighbourhood in the centre of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The name originally referred to a small area known as the "Kamppi field" (see below), but according to the current official d ...

and 2.2 kilometres eastern of

Lauttasaari Lauttasaari (; ) is an island in Helsinki, Finland, about west of the city centre. Together with some surrounding unpopulated small islands, Lauttasaari is also a district of Helsinki. With 23,226 residents as of 2017, the island is Finland's se ...

. File:Ruoholahti escalators.jpg, Escalators and the platform at Ruoholahti station File:Ruoholahti metro station escalators April 2022.jpg, Metro station escalators File:Ruoholahti metro station entrance in Helsinki, Finland, 2022 April.jpg, Metro station entrance

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ruoholahti Metro Station Helsinki Metro stations Ruoholahti Railway stations in Finland opened in 1993