Skarpnäck metro station

Skarpnäck
Skarpnäck
Stockholm metro station
	Platform with a C20 train, 2014
General information
Coordinates	59°15′59″N 18°7′57″E / 59.26639°N 18.13250°E
Elevation	1.7 m (5.6 ft) AMSL
Owned by	Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
Line(s)	Green line
Distance	8.1 km (5.0 mi) from Slussen
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Depth	25 m (82 ft)
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	SNK
History
Opened	15 August 1994; 30 years ago
Passengers
2019	5,200 boarding per weekday
Services
Location
Location

Skarpnäck is a Stockholm metro station located in the Skarpnäcksfältet subdistrict of Skarpnäcks Gård district, Skarpnäck borough.

The station is the southern terminus for the green line 17 and the easternmost Stockholm metro station (as of 2024). The station is 25 metres (82 ft) below ground and was opened on 15 August 1994 as a one-station extension from Bagarmossen, making it the hundredth station in the Stockholm metro. As of November 2024 it is still the newest station in the system.^[3] The underground Bagarmossen metro station was opened at the same time, but replaced an older station in Bagarmossen, which was closed on 8 July 1994.

Skarpnäck is an underground station with a single vault spanning across the island platform and tracks; its span of 22 metres (72 ft) is the largest in the Stockholm metro. The station artwork by American sculptor Richard Nonas consists of seventeen granite "benches" placed along the platform, as well as a red clinker floor and red-painted shotcrete walls alluding to the red brick buildings in Skarpnäck.^[4]

Ticket barriers and escalator access to the underground platform
Granite bench

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Alfredsson, Björn; Berndt, Roland; Harlén, Hans (2007). Stockholm under: 100 stationer (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Bromberg. p. 44. ISBN 978-91-7337-051-6. SELIBR 10614768.
^ "Fakta om SL och regionen 2019" (PDF) (in Swedish). Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. p. 51. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
^ Schwandl, Robert. "Stockholm". urbanrail.
^ Söderström, Göran, ed. (2000). En värld under jord: färg och form i tunnelbanan (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Stockholmia. pp. 58, 238. ISBN 91-7031-107-2. SELIBR 7593308.