The Central Railway Station metro station reopens on 15 February

Metro trains will again stop at the Central Railway Station metro station from 15 February.  However, the repair work will continue and the lifts at the station will remain out of service. They will be repaired during the summer.
 
Because the metro platform area is at this stage accessible only by escalators, the station does not for the present serve passengers traveling with wheelchairs and prams or other passengers who need to use the lifts. Prams and wheelchairs are not allowed on escalators for security reasons.

The Central Railway Station metro station has been closed since last November due to water damage caused by a burst pipe. This busiest metro station in Helsinki is used by about 50,000 passengers on a normal weekday.
 
The planned renovation of the long escalators between the Kompassitaso and metro platforms will be carried out earlier than planned due to the water damage. The renovation had been scheduled for 2011 but it will now be started already this year.  Respectively, the renovation at Hakaniemi metro station is postponed to 2011.
 
The escalators are repaired one by one so that three out of four escalators will be in use. For this reason the escalators may be jammed during the rush hours. All in all the renovation of the escalators will take about a year. 
 
Also the short escalators between the Kompassitaso and the Asematunneli tunnel will be renovated.  The escalators situated on the side of Rautatientori will be repaired first.