Vällingby metro station
Vällingby is a station in the Stockholm metro, located in the suburban district of Vällingby in Västerort Stockholm Municipality, Sweden. The station is part of Line 19 of the Green Line. It was opened on 26 October 1952 as the west terminus of the stretch from Hötorget as provisional station and opened as a permanent station on 6 April 1954. On 1 November 1956 the line was extended further west to Hässelby gård.[2]
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| Stockholm metro station | ||||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 59°21′50″N 17°52′14″E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Storstockholms Lokaltrafik | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 Island Platforms | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 26 October 1952 | |||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 12,500 boarding per weekday[1] | |||||||||||||||
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As part of Art in the Stockholm metro project, the station features concrete trees on the platforms, created by Casimir Djuric in 1983.[3]
References
- "Fakta om SL och länet 2018" (PDF) (in Swedish). Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. p. 51. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- Schwandl, Robert. "Stockholm". urbanrail.
- "Art in the Stockholm metro" (PDF). Stockholm Transport. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
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