The completion of the tram track works in Pasila is running a few weeks late. Trams 7A and 7B will be able to resume their normal route on 14 September. Until then, the trams continue to use the existing diversion routes running to the same timetable as during the summer.
There are no tram services on Pasilansilta and in Länsi-Pasila. Tram 7A runs from Pasila station via Sörnäinen, Hakaniemi and Senate Square to the Kuusitie turnaround in Meilahti. Tram 7B runs in the opposite direction.
Replacement bus 7X continues to operate as long as the diversions remain in place. The timetable of the bus changes on 31 August.
Bus 7X runs only in one direction along Pasilankatu, Kyllikinportti, Pasilanraitio, Pasilankatu and Pasilansilta, from where it continues along Ratapihantie, Savonkatu and Nordenskiöldinkatu to Mannerheimintie. The terminus of bus 7X in Länsi-Pasila is at the Maistraatintori stop 0606 and in the city center at the Postikatu stop 2038.
Routes of trams 7A and 7B and bus 7X on a map
The tram routes are diverted because of street and track works conducted in Pasila. The tram tracks are moved on Pasilan silta, Pasilankatu, Palkkatilanportti and Kyllikinportti. Once the works are completed, trams will run on Pasilankatu on a dedicated, elevated lane.
Works will continue in the autumn, for example, on Pasilankatu and are scheduled to be completed at the end of October.
In the coming years, Pasila will become Helsinki’s second center and an even more important transport node. By 2040, Pasila is estimated to be home for some 20,000 people and 50,000 jobs.
Changes to the stops of trams 7B and 9 in Pasila on 14 September
Tram routes 7B and 9 will swap end stops on Ratapihantie in Pasila from 14 September. I.e. tram 7 will terminate at the former terminus of route 9 and vice versa. The aim is to improve the punctuality of tram 9 during peak hours.