Länsimetro Oy, the company which is implementing the project of West Metro services between Helsinki and Espoo on Thursday said the work is going smoothly and the metro services are expected to be launched in September.

Company high-ups and local transport authorities HKL and HSL met in Helsinki and discussed the overall implementation of the project where they hoped that the work will be completed as per the expected schedule, said Länsimetro Oy in a press release.

“At present it looks as though it’s all going according to plan,” Länsimetro Chairman Olli Isotalo told the national broadcaster Yle, adding, “there haven’t been any changes.”

The implementation of the West Metro project from Ruoholahti in Helsinki to Matinkylä in Espoo was originally scheduled to open in 2014. But the project has been delayed repeatedly with the last deadline for completion set for early 2017 after the August 2016 deadline had also been delayed.

Earlier, in October 2016, the authorities said the opening of the West Metro Services will be delayed further due to hardware faults.

Earlier, in June 2016, the West Metro authorities said its test run for passengers would begin no later than January 2017.

However, the initiation of the test traffic has required more time than foreseen, as tests related to fire situations conducted at Aalto University have found faults in the operations of equipment, the sources said.

The authorities even failed to estimate the possible timetable for beginning of the operations.

In September 2016, the Helsinki City Corporation decided to investigate into the reasons behind the delay in launching the West Metro services.

The city authorities appointed the accounting and advisory services firm BDO Ltd to probe into the matter.

BDO Ltd has been asked to submit its report by the end of October on the delay of launching West Metro services and the loss incurred by the city due to it.