Västra skogen metro station
Stockholm metro station | |||||||||||||||
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Location | Huvudsta, Solna | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 59°20′51″N 18°0′14″E / 59.34750°N 18.00389°E | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 3.3 m (11 ft) under sea level | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | Storstockholms Lokaltrafik | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||
Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||
Depth | 40 m (130 ft) | ||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||
Station code | VÄS | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | 31 August 1975 | ||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||
2019 | 7,850 boarding per weekday[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Västra skogen (Swedish: The Western Forest) is a station on the Blue Line of the Stockholm metro, in Huvudsta, Solna Municipality. The station was opened on 31 August 1975 as part the first stretch of the Blue Line between T-Centralen and Hjulsta. The trains were running via Hallonbergen and Rinkeby. On 18 August 1985 the extension to Rinkeby was opened, and the stretch between Hallonbergen and Rinkeby was closed for passenger traffic.[2] It features one of the longest escalators in western Europe, 66 meters and with a vertical rise of 33 meters.[3] This part of Huvudsta was earlier called Ingentingskogen (The Nothing Forest) after a small farm called Ingenting; the name Ingenting (Nothing) was suggested as a name for the new station, but rejected.
The station has three platforms, one for trains towards Hjulsta and Akalla, and two platforms towards Kungsträdgården, to allow trains from the two branches of the line to wait in the station before the two lines merge beyond the station.
Gallery
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Entrance
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Platform and train
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Platform stairs
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Entrance detail
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Station's artwork
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Escalators
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Bird's eye view of the station
References
- ^ "Fakta om SL och regionen 2019" (PDF) (in Swedish). Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. p. 51. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ Schwandl, Robert. "Stockholm". urbanrail.
- ^ Städje, Jörgen (18 October 2009). "Rulltrappor – så funkar de (in Swedish)". IDG News Service. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
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