Vårberg metro station

Vårberg is a station in the Stockholm metro in the neighbourhood Vårberg in Söderort, Stockholm Municipality. The station was opened on 2 December 1967 as the south terminus of an extension from Skärholmen. On 1 October 1972, the line was extended to Fittja.[2] Vårberg is part of Line 13 of the Red Line. The distance to Slussen is 12.6 km.

Vårberg
Stockholm metro station
Coordinates59°16′33″N 17°53′27″E
Owned byStorstockholms Lokaltrafik
PlatformsIsland platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
Opened2 December 1967
Passengers
20188,200 boarding per weekday[1]
Services
Preceding station   Stockholm metro   Following station
toward Norsborg
T13 line
toward Ropsten
Location

As part of Art in the Stockholm metro project, the station features ceramic wall works entitled In our hands, created by Maria Ängquist Klyvare in 1996.[3]

References

  1. "Fakta om SL och länet 2018" (PDF) (in Swedish). Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. p. 51. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  2. Schwandl, Robert. "Stockholm". urbanrail.
  3. "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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