Scenes from the Helsinki Metro System

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  • Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
  • A video showcasing the Metro system in the capital of Finland, Helsinki. The clips are all from May 2020.
    The system operates using three types of trains build by Valmet + Strömberg, Bombarider + Alstrom and CAF.
    HSL/HRT operates the network which consist of the lines M2 and M1 running on a single core section with 2 branches in the east.

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  • @shroomyesc
    @shroomyesc Рік тому +11

    I love the width of the trains so much. So much space inside, none of that sardine can cramming like in some older metro systems (or newer with narrow trains)

  • @ismoleppanen
    @ismoleppanen 3 роки тому +31

    The M100 trains were among of first in the world equipped with 3-phase AC drive developed by Strömberg.

  • @pcorf
    @pcorf 5 днів тому

    I went on the Helsinki metro back in 2005. The M100 and M200 series trains and I rode mainly on the M100 series in their distinct jaffa orange colour. They operated as 4 or 6 car sets back then. They have since introduced the M300 series. They operate on 1522 mm broad gauge with a 3rd rail for power (2mm wider than 1520 Russian gauge). Love the 3 phase sound of the M100.

  • @alkersien9789
    @alkersien9789 2 роки тому +15

    Love the sound of electric motors

  • @piotrdzieciatek3020
    @piotrdzieciatek3020 3 роки тому +24

    1:47 the driver waved at the camera lol

  • @michaeleverett1479
    @michaeleverett1479 8 місяців тому +4

    Coming from Adelaide, Australia, all of these trains on Helsinki Metro look fabulous. The train design simplicity for the exterior and inferior with wide spacious carriages (3.2 m wide!) and the practicality of stations are unlike anything I have seen from a metro system.
    Also, that acceleration from the M300 train is mind‐bogglingly fast. To give perspective of how fast the M300 acceleration is, it's going from 0 km/h (standtill, leaving the station) to 50 km/h in around 10 seconds and from standstill to 80 km/h in around 20 seconds (see 3:45 to 3:58, & 4:25 to 4:45) and being able to do that consistently as soon as the doors shut (minimal lag, instant takeoff) which are unheard of for metro systems internationally. The only other metro systems that can match the Helsinki Metro's insane acceleration rates are in Washington DC and San Francisco, but even when using the latter two US systems, it's not a close contest. The deep-level 'tube' lines of the London Underground do have similarly high acceleration rates from standtill like the Central Line and Victoria Line, but those metro trains are a lot smaller than ones typically found on the Helsinki Metro, and it wouldn't be a fair comparison.

  • @mikrokupu
    @mikrokupu 3 роки тому +37

    A fun fact: Technically speaking this metro links the two largest cities in Finland: Helsinki (650K inhab.) and Espoo (300K). Though the cities are neighbours, in the same urban region.

    • @blinder2786
      @blinder2786 2 роки тому +7

      And almost Vantaa (237k) since the Mellunmäki station is so close the the border.
      If Vantaa decides to build the light rail system from Mellunmäki to the airport the cities will be pretty nicely connected.

    • @tezvx
      @tezvx Рік тому

      Yes both of them are in the Helsinki urban area.

    • @minqinshe1437
      @minqinshe1437 4 місяці тому +1

      Меча папку еаае

    • @VilkkuriYT
      @VilkkuriYT 4 місяці тому

      ​@@blinder2786Even tho I'm 2 years late the metro actually goes to Vantaa because there's a service track that goes from Mellunmäki to Rajakylä (Vantaa)

  • @souravpal9546
    @souravpal9546 2 роки тому +7

    Beautiful metro and refreshing colour ❤️

  • @Fossilsolosss
    @Fossilsolosss 3 роки тому +8

    I love Orange metros and finland have it it's beautiful

  • @NonstopEurotrip
    @NonstopEurotrip 3 роки тому +15

    Great video Simon, very informative. I'd love to come to Finland soon ☺️🇫🇮

    • @Simon-Andersen
      @Simon-Andersen  3 роки тому +1

      Last thing i heard was borders might open from mid-july 🤞

    • @NonstopEurotrip
      @NonstopEurotrip 3 роки тому +1

      @@Simon-Andersen Nice! I'll have had my 2nd jab by then too 😎

    • @theoss1843
      @theoss1843 3 роки тому +1

      @@NonstopEurotrip Aaah heey!!! You are very welcome to Finland!!!

  • @ollipehkonen395
    @ollipehkonen395 2 місяці тому

    The electric motors are just 🤩

  • @Jakob-ii8qv
    @Jakob-ii8qv 7 місяців тому +1

    6:14 i love the sound

  • @alibutt68
    @alibutt68 2 роки тому +1

    Great brother your videos are great . I love Finland

  • @paulkemnater9216
    @paulkemnater9216 Рік тому

    awesome vid ! great thanks for posting !

  • @suomenjunia6615
    @suomenjunia6615 3 роки тому +6

    Awesome video! Did you notice that 5.35 M100 train was renovated unit?

    • @Simon-Andersen
      @Simon-Andersen  3 роки тому +4

      Yes it was actually the one I took to get there! I was not aware untill I got onto on another M100 later the same day that was different

  • @justagoose6186
    @justagoose6186 2 роки тому +1

    There actually are 4 trains in the metro network and 1 more wich isn't in use anymore.

  • @RailwayVideos.
    @RailwayVideos. 3 роки тому +6

    Very good video! Is it recorded in a quiet time?it doesn’t look too busy

    • @Simon-Andersen
      @Simon-Andersen  3 роки тому +12

      Recorded on a saturday around midday, so not excatly peak.

    • @Xerdoz
      @Xerdoz 3 роки тому +1

      Well it's the World's smallest metro in a country which barely has enough people combined to make 1 city.

    • @NeonNion
      @NeonNion 2 роки тому +2

      @@Simon-Andersen + Corona pandemic

    • @olskutsuikkeli
      @olskutsuikkeli 2 роки тому +2

      @@Xerdoz Catania has the world’s smallest metro system… also, there are over 20 cities in finland and almost 10 of them have over 100 000 inhabitants

    • @Xerdoz
      @Xerdoz 2 роки тому

      @@olskutsuikkeli 100000 people dispersed randomly over a large area does not a city make.

  • @emjackson2289
    @emjackson2289 2 роки тому +3

    Excuse me, is this the station for Bombfunk MC's to alight at?

  • @cosbadx
    @cosbadx 3 місяці тому

    the m300 sounds fucking bonkers

  • @karoliinakoskenvuo468
    @karoliinakoskenvuo468 2 роки тому +2

    I haven’t seen the m200 in a while

    • @Brash_Candicoot
      @Brash_Candicoot Рік тому +2

      Ne on tällä hetkellä peruskorjauksessa, ei niitä vielä hetkeen tuu kulkemaankaan

    • @Brash_Candicoot
      @Brash_Candicoot Рік тому +1

      @Bussit & metrot master ok

  • @Junakuvailut_fin
    @Junakuvailut_fin 2 місяці тому

    1:53 not the driver actually waving at the camera😂 I can’t😭 good video AS USUAL 🫵🏻😊👍🏻

  • @markusjj
    @markusjj 2 роки тому +1

    Mellunmäki metro station is the most northest station in the world.

    • @Brash_Candicoot
      @Brash_Candicoot Рік тому +2

      *Northernmost

    • @somdusazerate
      @somdusazerate 9 місяців тому

      don't expect ignorant dirty finnish people to get it right @@Brash_Candicoot

  • @blinder2786
    @blinder2786 3 роки тому +3

    There’s actually 2 lines

    • @Simon-Andersen
      @Simon-Andersen  3 роки тому +8

      Well yes, i guess that depends on how you look at it. From a timetable perspective there is 2 lines, from a physical infrastructure not as much

    • @robotx9285
      @robotx9285 Рік тому +3

      The way I look qt it, it's 1 with two branches and a short turn.

  • @美咲MisakiJP
    @美咲MisakiJP Рік тому +1

    フィンランドの地下鉄は、日本の電車に似ているが、、もっといい

  • @AirbusA350Aussie
    @AirbusA350Aussie 2 роки тому +3

    Looks like robloxxx lolll