Helsingin Seudun Liikenne
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Native name
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Helsingin seudun liikenne Helsingforsregionens trafik |
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| Predecessor |
YTV HKL |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Headquarters | Opastinsilta 6 A, Helsinki, Finland |
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Area served
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Greater Helsinki |
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Key people
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Suvi Rihtniemi (CEO) |
| Services | Public transport |
| Website | www |
Helsinki Regional Transport Authority (Finnish: Helsingin seudun liikenne, HSL, Swedish: Helsingforsregionens trafik, HRT) is the governmental authority in charge of maintaining the public transportation network of Helsinki, Finland.
HSL is responsible for the operation and marketing of all local bus, tram, metro, ferry and commuter train services in the Greater Helsinki area. In 2016, HSL introduced the Helsinki bikeshare system within central Helsinki.
HSL controls the fare and ticketing system and ticket inspection. All of its systems except for the bus network use open fare collection. There are no gates at metro and commuter rail stations or tram stops. There is a fare evasion fee of 80€ in addition to the full price of the ticket.
HSL doesn't own any rolling stock. Due to this, HSL relies on independent contractors for the operation of its system.
HSL began its work on January 1, 2010. The work of the new intercommunal authority was based on the new Finnish public transportation law in force since December 3, 2009. According to the law HSL is responsible for the planning and procuring of the public transportation in Greater Helsinki. The traffic functions of YTV and planning, procuring and tendering functions of HKL were moved into the transport authority.
The Helsinki Regional Transport Authority was founded in a meeting on June 17, 2009. When its work began, it had a revenue of over 500 million euros, and approximately 350 staff members.
In 2016, HSL started to develop a revamped version of its native journey planner, Reittiopas. This replacement would be a next generation open data and open source intermodal public transport route planner Codename Digitransit.
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