This is how public transport will operate in 2026–2027

The Kalasatama Metro Station is expected to close in spring 2027 due to the replacement of the Junatie metro bridge. The station is partly located on the bridge to be replaced, and therefore, the station must be closed before the full suspension of Metro services. Tram route 13 will be extended from Nihti via Kalasatama and the Central Railway Station to Kolmikulma. Additionally, the route of tram 12 (Hakaniemi–Yliskylä) will be extended from Hakaniemi to Railway Square.

Metro services will be disrupted between Hakaniemi and Herttoniemi starting in summer 2027. During the disruption, replacement bus 99 will run between Hakaniemi and Herttoniemi. In addition, the service frequency of bus routes 59, 500 and 510 operating along Itäväylä will be increased.

We are preparing to launch tram services between Laajasalo and central Helsinki on two new routes in early 2027. The replacement of the Junatie metro bridge will affect these new routes in their early stages. This plan outlines the services on these routes in early 2027, during the period when the Metro does not serve Kalasatama station.

The new routes will bring tram services to new areas such as Laajasalo, Korkeasaari and Merihaka. Additionally, in many cases, journeys from Kruunuvuorenranta and other parts of Laajasalo towards the central city will no longer require transfers.

Tram 11:

• Route: Länsi-Pasila – Pasila station – Kalasatama – Kruunuvuorenranta
• Operating hours: Monday to Friday from early morning to 9pm, Saturdays and Sundays from around 9am to 9pm
• Service frequency: every 15 minutes during the daytime.

Tram 12:

• Route: Rautatientori (Railway Square) – Hakaniemi – Nihti – Korkeasaari – Laajasalo (Yliskylä)
• Operating hours: From early morning to 2am.
• Service frequency: every 7.5 minutes during the daytime.

Timetable changes:

• The period with 6-minute headways during the afternoon peak will be slightly shorter. Daytime service will run more frequently, every 7.5 minutes, from around noon until the afternoon peak.
• During the final hour of operation, services will run every 30 minutes instead of the current 20 minutes.
• We are also considering shortening Sunday operating hours by about an hour to extend the Monday early-morning maintenance break by an hour.
• The last service towards Keilaniemi on Monday to Saturday evenings will depart about 15 minutes earlier.
• The last service towards Itäkeskus on Monday to Saturday evenings will be rescheduled to about 10-15 minutes later.
• These changes allow us to allocate services to times when the demand is the highest. The longer nighttime service break will also improve tram maintenance.

There will be no tram service on Mäkelänkatu from 1 June to 30 August 2026.

• Tram 1 will run from Sörnäinen along Hämeentie to St. Paul’s Church (Paavalinkirkko).
• Tram 7 will run between Sörnäinen and Pasila via Helsinginkatu, Läntinen Brahenkatu and Aleksis Kiven katu, following the route of tram 9.
• Trams will not serve Mäkelänkatu and Käpylä, but buses will operate as usual.
• Journeys between the south end of Mäkelänkatu and Pasila require a transfer to tram 13 at Velodrom.

Tram service on Arkadiankatu and the southern section of Runeberginkatu (up to Caloniuksenkatu) will be suspended starting around March 2027.

• Trams 1 and 3 will run between the city center and Opera via Mannerheimintie.
• The “Luonnontieteellinen museo”, “Hanken”, and “Sammonkatu” stops will be temporarily closed.
• Trams 4 and 10 will operate a reduced weekday service, running every 10 minutes to prevent congestion caused by increased tram traffic on Mannerheimintie. The operating hours of tram 5 in Katajanokka will be extended to cover peak hours.
• Tram 8 will run through the worksite during the initial phase, but later in 2027, this section of the route will not be operated.

• Bus route 16 will be withdrawn due to reduced passenger numbers. In addition, in the future, public transport service to Korkeasaari will be provided by trams 11 and 12. Tram 13 from Pasila and Kalasatama already serves Korkeasaari. Changes to bus routes 55 and 81 will replace the withdrawn service of route 16. 
• Bus 55 will be rerouted between Kaisaniemi and Sörnäisten rantatie via Liisankatu and Pohjoisranta.
• Bus 81 will be rerouted to run clockwise from Kulosaari to Herttoniemi along Kyösti Kalliontie, Risto Rytin tie (southward), Kulosaarentie, Svinhufvudintie, Tupasaarentie, Risto Rytin tie (northward). Bus 81 will replace the withdrawn service of route 16 in Kulosaari.

Buses 23 and 63 will be rerouted via Postipuisto along Postiljooninkatu, Lähetintie and Ilmanrinne when the temporary street between the Posti Logistics Center and the rail yard is completed, at the earliest in late 2026. The temporary street will follow the alignment of the future permanent street. This change will improve transport links to Postipuisto, as the buses will run closer to housing in the area.

We are preparing to reroute buses 37 and 59 to run directly along Naapurinpellontie at the earliest in August 2026. Buses will no longer serve the old route.

Starting 10 August 2026, the buses will run every 10 minutes instead of every 15 minutes on weekday evenings and Saturdays. This change will enable more frequent service between Tapiola and Espoon keskus, as well as improve connections to Suurpelto.

Services will be added at peak times. The service frequency will increase to about every 8 minutes from the current every 10 minutes in the morning towards Martinlaakso and in the afternoon towards Matinkylä.

The terminus for the buses in Leppävaara will move from Ring I (bay 42) to the Leppävaara terminal (bay 18) on 15 June 2026. 

​The bus will be rerouted between Suurpelto and Kauniainen via Sepänkallio along Lillhemtintie, Storhemtie, Kyläsepäntie, Stensintie and Gresantie from 10 August 2026.

The service frequency increased from every 10 minutes to every 8 minutes in the morning peak towards Myyrmäki and in the afternoon peak towards Rastila on 7 January 2026. In autumn 2027, the bus will start running every 8 minutes at peak times on weekdays in both directions.

The weekday service trial will end in June 2026. From summer 2026, weekend service will be piloted on the current route from Hakaniemi via Tammisto and Jumbo to Ylästö, operating every 60 minutes between 8am and 10pm. The pilot will run until summer 2027. We will actively monitor the passenger numbers on the route.

​The bus will operate between Tikkurila and Kuusijärvi Monday to Sunday, starting from 15 June 2026.

The bus will be rerouted between Hyrylä and Paijala to run via Hämeentie and Nummenväylä. The bus will run from the Hyrylä terminal via Rykmentin puistotie, Autoasemankatu, Koskenmäentie, Hämeentie and Nummenväylä to Paijalantie. From Paijalantie, the bus will follow its current route to Hyrylä and Kerava. This means that the bus will operate in a loop on the section from Koskenmäentie via Hämeentie, Nummenväylä and Paijalantie back to Koskenmäentie.

​The bus will be rerouted to run from and to the Hyrylä bus terminal via Rykmentinpuisto along Rykmentin puistotie, Kulloontie and Mahlamäentie. This change will enable nighttime services to Rykmentintie.

Services will be added on the route for the summer, starting 15 June 2026, to improve connections to Kalkkiranta. A ferry operates from Kalkkiranta to the Sipoo archipelago. 

The changes taking effect on 10 August 2026 are listed below.

• There will be no changes to bus route 21.
• Bus 22: The bus will be rerouted to run from Porkkalankatu via Länsisatamankatu, Välimerenkatu, Jätkäsaarenkatu and Hietalahdenkatu. The terminus will remain in Punavuori. New bus stops will be built on Länsisatamankatu and Välimerenkatu in cooperation with the City of Helsinki. The bus will run every 15 minutes instead of every 10 minutes between Katajaharju and Lauttasaari. During the daytime and on weekends, the buses will run every 20 minutes. All services will run to Punavuori. In the future, bus route 22B will operate only during quiet hours.
• Bus 26: The bus will only run in the morning peak between Ruoholahti and Salmisaarenranta. Salmisaarenranta will primarily be served by bus 105.
• Bus 105: The route will be extended from Lauttasaari via Salmisaarenranta to Hietalahdenranta, following the route Lauttasaarentie – Porkkalankatu – Tallberginkatu - Porkkalankatu – Länsisatamankatu – Itämerenkatu – Mechelininkatu – Ruoholahdenranta. On weekends, the bus will operate under route number 105B and terminate at Lauttasaari Metro Station.

According to current estimates, tram services to Laajasalo will start in early 2027. The introduction of the new tram connection will affect bus services.

• Bus route 84 will be withdrawn.
• There will be no changes to bus routes 85 and 85N. Bus route 85K will run via Reiherintie in the morning peak.
• Bus 86 will run via Reiherintie. Bus routes 86K and 86N will be withdrawn.
• Bus 87 will run via Gunillantie and Yliskylä. Bus 87N will run via Gunillantie.
• Bus 88 will run via Gunillantie and Yliskylä.
• Bus route 89 will be withdrawn.

• Starting from the 2025–2026 Christmas break: buses 121(A), 164(K), 214, 224B, 227(K), 236, 237(V), 239, 521(K), 522(B), 548 and 549
• Starting from the winter break 2026: buses 40, 641, 642, 643 and 665. Bus 917B will only operate on Tuusula school days. The basic service of routes 964(K), 965(K) and 967(K) will run only on schooldays in the municipality of Tuusula. During school holidays, routes 965T and 967K will follow the summer timetable.
• Starting from summer holiday 2026: buses 61, 64, 65, 66, 67, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 500, 510, 600, 611 and 623.
•  On bus routes 633N, 641, 642(K), 643(K), 665, 738, 961(B), 962, 963(B), 972, 973, 975, 975N, 976, 977, 977V, 978(K) and 985 serving Kerava and Tuusula, the summer timetables will take effect at the start of the school holidays.
• Routes 964(K), 965(K) ja 967(K): The basic service on these routes will operate only on schooldays in the municipality of Tuusula. During school holidays, routes 965T and 967K will follow the summer timetable.

• Bus route 40: Peak-time service frequency will be reduced starting from 10 August.
• Bus route 59: On Saturdays, the service frequency will decrease from every 12 minutes to every 15 minutes from 10 August 2026.
• Bus routes 124, 125, 133, 162, 163, 224, 335(B) and 734: Some services with low passenger numbers will be discontinued (in the early morning, in the evening and on weekends, depending on the route) from 15 June 2026.
• Bus routes 643 K, 965(K) and 967(K): Some services with low passenger numbers will be discontinued (on weekdays or weekends, depending on the route) from 16 February 2026.
• Bus routes 124, 125, 533, 48 and 549: the buses will run every 20 minutes instead of every 15 minutes Monday to Friday and Saturdays starting 15 June 2026.
• Bus route 531: Peak-time service frequency will decrease from every 10 minutes to every 15 minutes at the same time as the peak-time service frequency of route 520 increases, from 10 August 2026.
• Bus route 542: The bus will revert to its former service frequency, running every 15 minutes instead of every 10 minutes from 10 August 2026, because the passenger numbers have not increased with the more frequent service.
• Bus route 719: Saturday service will be withdrawn from 15 June 2026 due to low passenger numbers.

• Bus route 52: The planned extension of the route in Kuninkaantammi is cancelled due to cost reasons. We will reassess the route change when our financial situation permits.
• Bus route 163: On Sundays, the service frequency will not increase from every 60 minutes to every 30 minutes during 2026–2027 due to the current low demand.

The changes outlined in the Review of bus routes in North Espoo took effect on 11 August 2025. In summer 2026, there will be some changes to the routes introduced in 2025.

• Bus 236 will run every 60 minutes in the summer.
• Bus 237(V) will run every 60 minutes also in the summer.
• Buses 239(V) and 521(K) will run every 30 minutes also at peak times.
• On the shared section of bus routes 236, 237(V) and 239(V) between Leppävaara and Järvenperä, the service frequency will be every 15 minutes during peak times.
• On the shared section of bus routes 521(K) and 522 between Leppävaara and Hämeenkylä, the service frequency will be every 15 minutes in the summer.
• Bus 522B will only run in the early morning and late evening in the summer.
• Services on routes 227K and 345K designed for school journeys will be transferred to routes 227 and 345 in the summer.

We are preparing for service changes, delays to traffic and route changes caused by the construction of the Vantaa light rail starting in early spring 2026 between Mellunmäki (M), Hakunila, Tikkurila, Jumbo, Aviapolis and Helsinki Airport.

There will be changes to the Tikkurila bus terminal due to the construction of the Vantaa light rail line starting in spring 2026. The changes will affect bus routes 570, 571, 576, 611, 619, 624(N), 625, 631, 641, 711(K), 717(K), 724, 735, and 736, as well as U-line 999.

The bus terminal will be divided into “north” and “south” terminals located along Ratatie to the north and south of the current terminal.

Bus routes 571, 576, 611 and 624(N) will use the south terminal.

Bus routes 711(K), 717(K), 736, 724, 735, 619, 625, 631, 641, and U-line 999 will use the north terminal.

The terminus for bus route 570 in the direction of Mellunmäki (V6155) will move to Ratatie.