Private company

Helsinki City Transport

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City-owned public transport company

Helsinki City Transport or HKL (Finnish: Helsingin kaupungin liikennelaitos, Swedish: Helsingfors stads trafikverk, abbreviated to HST) is one of the contractors to the Helsinki Regional Transport Authority, conducting some operations related to the Helsinki Metro. Until the founding of HSL in January 2010, HKL was responsible for the planning and organization of all public transport in Helsinki.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1945Founded1
  • Industrypublic transport1
  • HeadquartersHelsinki1
  • Websitewww.hkl.fi
  • Legal formkunnallinen liikelaitos1

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Photo: Ralf Roletschek ( talk ) - Fahrradtechnik auf fahrradmonteur.de, FAL, via Wikimedia Commons4

Helsinki City Transport or HKL (Finnish: Helsingin kaupungin liikennelaitos, Swedish: Helsingfors stads trafikverk, abbreviated to HST) is one of the contractors to the Helsinki Regional Transport Authority, conducting some operations related to the Helsinki Metro.2

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by Helsinki Regional Transport Authority1
  2. Succeeded by Metropolitan Area Transport Ltd1

Timeline

  1. 1945Founded Founded1

Sources

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