On Sunday 30 April and May Day 1 May, a Sunday service will operate on all HSL routes. There will be plenty of additional bus, Metro and commuter train services on both days. Tram routes will be diverted in downtown Helsinki on May Eve evening.
There will be additional services on bus route 14X Kamppi-Hernesaari about 7pm-2am.
Bus route 102 running between Kamppi and Otaniemi will have additional services from about 3pm on May Eve to about 1.30am on May Day.
Last Metro services on 30 April
Additional bus services on 30 April
The following additional commuter train services will operate on the night before May Day:
- L train from Helsinki to Kirkkonummi at 2.01am, 3.01am, 4.01am and 5.01am and from Kirkkonummi to Helsinki at 1.06am, 2.06am, 3.06am and 4.06am.
- P train from Helsinki at 0.46am
- N trains Helsinki-Kerava at 11.48pm, 0.48am, 2.18am, 3.48am and 4.48am and Kerava-Helsinki at 0.32am, 2.02am, 3.02am and 4.02am.
- T trains Helsinki-Kerava-Riihimäki at 2.48am and 4.18am and Riihimäki-Kerava-Helsinki at 0.56am and 1.56am
Tram routes diverted on May Eve
Tram routes running via the Market Square will be diverted from about 4pm on 30 April due to May Eve celebrations around the statue of Havis Amanda.
- Tram 2 will run from Simonkatu to the terminus of tram 1A in Eira via Mannerheimintie, Bulevardi and Fredrikinkatu. The tram will not serve the Central Railway Station, Mikonkatu, Aleksanterinkatu and the Market Square.
- Tram 3 will run from Fredrikinkatu to the terminus of tram 1A in Eira. The tram will not serve the eastern end of Tehtaankatu.
Trams 2 and 3 will be replaced by bus 3X which will run between Eteläranta and Viiskulma every 10 minutes from 4pm to 1.20am.
Map showing the route of bus 3X
Also Aleksanterinkatu will be reserved for pedestrians only from 4pm onwards.
- Tram routes 4 and 5 will be diverted to run from Katajanokka via Kruununhaka and the Central Railway Station. The trams will not serve Aleksanterinkatu between the Senate Square and the Student House (Ylioppilastalo).
- Trams 7A and 7B will run via the Central Railway Station. The trams will not serve Aleksanterinkatu and Kruununhaka.
Additional services on May Day
On May Day, a Sunday service will operate. There will be additional bus, tram and train services.
Additional bus services on May Day
An additional bus 18V will run to Kaivopuisto Park. The bus will run every 10-15 minutes between Eira, Kamppi and Meilahti from 8.30am to 8pm. Bus route 14X will provide additional services to Hernesaari from about 10am to 8pm.
Route 785K will have additional services from Nikkilä to Helsinki at 8.50am and 10.50am.
Additional tram services:
- Tram 2B Central Railway Station – Kaivopuisto 9am-8pm about every 10-12 minutes
- Tram 3B Linjat – Hakaniemi – Central Railway Station – Eira – Kaivopuisto 9am-8pm about every 10-12 minutes
- Tram 10B Opera – Kirurgi 9am-7pm about every 10-12 minutes
E trains will run every 30 minutes from Helsinki 9.27am – 9.27pm and from Kauklahti 9.36am – 9.36pm. In addition, there will be extra carriages: I, P and K trains will be operated with two-unit Flirt trains 9am-8pm.
A May Day March and various parades will cause delays to traffic from 12noon on May Day.