Helsinki City Transport

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Helsinki City Transport

Native name	Helsingin kaupungin liikennelaitos Helsingfors stads trafikverk
Company type	Public
Industry	public transport
Founded	1945
Successor	Metropolitan Area Transport Ltd
Headquarters	Helsinki , Finland
Area served	Helsinki
Key people	Ville Lehmuskoski (Chief executive officer)
Services	Public transportation Helsinki metro
Owner	The City of Helsinki
Website	www.hel.fi/hkl/hkl-fi

Helsinki City Transport or HKL (Finnish: Helsingin kaupungin liikennelaitos, Swedish: Helsingfors stads trafikverk, abbreviated to HST) was the official city-owned public transport company in Helsinki, Finland. It operates the Helsinki Metro. HKL's bus operations were merged with another city-owned company, Suomen Turistiauto, to form a new bus company called Helsingin Bussiliikenne, which has since been acquired by Koiviston Auto. Until the founding of HSL in January 2010, HKL was responsible for the planning and organization of all public transport in Helsinki.^[1] The majority of HKL's operations, excluding certain parts of the Metro operations, were corporatised and moved to Metropolitan Area Transport Ltd in February 2022.^[2]