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I'm not a fan of the colour used on the Helsinki Metro Black, Blue or Green would of been better
Hell no! I don't remember why orange was chosen, but for clarification the public transport has different colours. Green = tram, Blue = bus, White = train. There's no point in changing it now, when everyone are used to the orange colour.
Passengers annually,
commuter rail = 55 million
tram = 56 million
metro = 64 million
Suomenlinna ferry = 1.8 million
There's the infamous pub tram - "Spårakoff". It has only 5 stops, but one tour takes about 40 minutes, so you don't have to hurry with your beer.
BUT, Helsinki also had a "culture tram", discontinued in 2012, where you could listen to live music or watch photos and art. But it was too slow, so it messed up the rest of the schedules.
In these numbers the railway commuters further than 30 mins away from the city (or outside Oslo and Akershus) are not counted, because they are not part of the city network.
Number of passengers are likely to rise in the future partially because fewer people get driver's licence these days. Twenty years ago 80% of Norwegians aged 18-24 had a driver's licence, now it's only 67% and sinking. I assume there might be a similar trend in other Nordic countries as well.
Number of passengers are likely to rise in the future partially because fewer people get driver's licence these days. Twenty years ago 80% of Norwegians aged 18-24 had a driver's licence, now it's only 67% and sinking. I assume there might be a similar trend in other Nordic countries as well.
In the countryside a car is still a necessity, and 65% of youngsters take their licence immediately at 18, but in the Helsinki region it's down to around 30%, in Turku and Tampere around 40%.
But many who don't have a license drive it later, especially when they start to get kids. My mom for example drove her license at 30.
Oh, right. The Helsinki maps.
Metro. Very easy to get lost in this massive complicated system:
Why did they get rid of the culture tram, it looked good :/
It was on an extra line (5) circling the centre that otherwise don't exist. It was a converted 50's tram and wasn't as fast as newer ones, and it took longer to hop on and off, so it became a roadblock. :/
^^^ Why is Swedish an official language in Finland when only small percentage of people speak it? Sweden doesn't have Finnish as official language.
Don't open that can of worms...
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Black, Blue or Green would of been better
I don't remember why orange was chosen, but for clarification the public transport has different colours. Green = tram, Blue = bus, White = train. There's no point in changing it now, when everyone are used to the orange colour. 
