page_title: Public transport in Helsinki
section_title: Tram
hierarchical_section_title: Public transport in Helsinki / Tram
caption_attribution_description: English: A modern tram in the Töölö district of Helsinki, Finland. This is a Bombardier Variotram; the model was introduced in Helsinki in 1999. Töölö tram depot [1] can be seen in the background. Suomi: Uudenmallinen matalalattiaraitiovaunu Helsingissä (Töölössä, Mannerheimintiellä), linjalla 3B. Raitiovaunumalli on Bombardier Variotram, joka otettiin Helsingissä käyttöön 1999. Taustalla näkyy Töölön raitiovaunuvarikko [2]. Español: Un tranvía moderno en el barrio de Töölö, en Helsinki (Finlandia). Éste modelo es Bombardier Variotram.
context_page_description: Public transport in Helsinki consists of bus, tram, metro, local railway and ferry services. The system is managed by Helsinki Region Transport and covers Helsinki, Espoo, Kauniainen, Vantaa and the outlying Kerava, Kirkkonummi and Sipoo.
  Helsinki is currently the only city in Finland to have a tram system. The city of Turku dismantled its tram system in 1972, and Finland lost the city of Vyborg to the USSR in World War II and the city subsequently withdrew its trams in 1957. In 2017, construction started on a tram line in the city of Tampere.
  50% of commuting trips within the city limits of Helsinki are made using public transport and only 28% using a private car, while 48% of the households have access to a car. The ridership is typical to a European city, but if Helsinki were in U.S., it would have the second highest ridership after New York. Due to a large area and low population density, the spread of population looks more like an American city, not a European one. Partly due to lack of trams or rapid transit outside the Helsinki Region, the ridership in other cities in Finland is significantly lower.
context_section_description: Helsinki's tram network has been operated continuously with electric drive since 1900 and it is mostly of a traditional type, with all of the tramways located on the streets, on both dedicated tram lanes and in mixed traffic. The network covers the densely populated central districts and some of the adjacent areas, but it has been expanded only very modestly after the 1950s. The network is composed of 11 lines, all of which except one (line 8) run through some part of the city centre. Over 50 million trips are made with the trams each year.
  The tram system is managed and operated by HKL.
caption: A modern Variotram on line 3B in Töölö
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