Are brings electricity into metro tunnels with Reka’s cables
The company Are Oy is responsible for the electrical contract for Keilaniemi station on the West Metro line in Helsinki metropolitan area. About 10,000 metro passengers will use Keilaniemi station every day. Are is also responsible for the electrical installation work for the tunnels on the nearly 14 kilometres route from Ruoholahti to Matinkylä as well as for the electrical contracts for Tapiola and Otaniemi metro stations.
The company Are Oy is responsible for the electrical contract for Keilaniemi station on the West Metro line in Helsinki metropolitan area. About 10,000 metro passengers will use Keilaniemi station every day. Are is also responsible for the electrical installation work for the tunnels on the nearly 14 kilometres route from Ruoholahti to Matinkylä as well as for the electrical contracts for Tapiola and Otaniemi metro stations.
Reka Cables supplies cables to Are for the metro project. Are utilizes Reka’s 1 kV and 20 kV halogen-free cables as well as instrumentation cables in the contract. The cable deliveries will continue until the project is completed.
The West Metro extends the metro line westwards from Ruoholahti via Lauttasaari to Matinkylä, Espoo. It will carry more than 100,000 passangers per day. The metro will be extended in two phases. In the first phase, there will be eight new stations and five more will be included in the second phase. The metro will operate on a rail line of 21 kilometres underground in two parallel tunnels.
The construction of the first phase of the West Metro will be completed at the end of 2015, and operation will begin in the autumn of 2016. The entire line from Matinkylä to Kivenlahti in the second phase will be completed in 2020 at the earliest.