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Originally Posted by ianrail
To resurrect this old thread, I was in Helsinki last week and travelled around on the trams quite a lot. I hadn't got to do this on my one and only previous visit to the city years ago. They've got a superb tram system which provides a frequent service all over the city. I was surprised how tight the curves were in the city centre and also that there are a few quite steep hills. I'm guessing that metre gauge is better suited to the tight curves at least.
There is also a metro system. Very clean and efficient. It's basically one line and what amazed me was the depth a couple of the stations below ground in the city centre and the length and width of the platforms. The system looks relatively modern so I don't know whether it was also designed as a shelter for the civilian population in case of attack during the cold war.
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You should see the lenght and width of the platforms in the Stockholm underground then. And the artwork at every station.
Sadly, I mostly work inside the tunnels, and not at the stations so I only see the dirty rock tunnels with dirty cables on the wall...