Helsinki Regional Transport Authority

Helsinki Regional Transport Authority
Native name
Helsingin seudun liikenne (Finnish)
Helsingforsregionens trafik (Swedish)
Company typeKuntayhtymä (Inter-municipal cooperation)
PredecessorYTV
HKL
Founded1 January 2010
HeadquartersOpastinsilta 6 A,
Helsinki
,
Finland
Area served
Greater Helsinki
Key people
Suvi Rihtniemi (CEO)
ServicesPublic transport
MembersCity of Helsinki
City of Espoo
City of Vantaa
City of Kauniainen
City of Kerava
Kirkkonummi municipality
Sipoo municipality
Tuusula municipality
Siuntio municipality
Number of employees
c. 400[1]
Websitewww.hsl.fi
BYD electric bus on line 40 in Helsinki
Renovated M100 Helsinki Metro train.
Helsinki Tram on line 6.
An HSL travel card in use until 2016
An HSL travel card in use since April 2016 alongside a reflective sleeve
An HSL card reader, in use since 2016

The Helsinki Regional Transport Authority (Finnish: Helsingin seudun liikenne, HSL; Swedish: Helsingforsregionens trafik, HRT) is the inter-municipal authority that maintains the public transportation network of the nine municipalities of Greater Helsinki, Finland.

HSL oversees the operation of all of Helsinki's public transportation. The system consists of local buses, trams, metro trains, ferries, commuter trains, and bikeshare.

Apart from four electric buses,[2] HSL does not own rolling stock. Due to this, HSL relies on third-party contractors for the day-to-day operation of the transit system.

  1. ^ "HSL työpaikkana | HSL". Archived from the original on 19 November 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Helsinki's first fully electric bus to hit the road in January". HSL. 17 January 2017. HSL exceptionally procures the Linkker buses itself, because it would have been unreasonable to place the technology risk on the operators.