Vällingby metro station

Vällingby
Vällingby
Stockholm metro station
	Station platforms, 2006
General information
Coordinates	59°21′50″N 17°52′14″E / 59.3638888889°N 17.8705555556°E
Owned by	Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	VBY
History
Opened	26 October 1952; 72 years ago
Passengers
2019	12,250 boarding per weekday
Services
Location
Location

Vällingby is a station on the Green line of the Stockholm metro. It is located in the district of Vällingby, which is part of the borough of Hässelby-Vällingby in the west of the city of Stockholm. The station is nominally above ground and has a two island platforms and three through tracks, with access from a station building spanning the tracks. This station building forms part of the cultural and retail centre of Vällingby, much of which has subsequently been built over the tracks and platforms of the metro, giving it an underground feel.^[2]^[3]

The station 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]

As part of Art in the Stockholm metro project, the station features concrete trees on the platforms, created by Casimir Djuric in 1983.^[4]

The Vällingby metro depot (Vällingby t-banedepå) is located to the east of the station and accessed from the station by a grade-separated junction.^[5]

Gallery

The centre of Vällingby straddling the line, c.1966
Bus interchange, 2013
The entrance to the station, 2018
Platforms below buildings in Vällingby centre, 2018

References

^ "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.
^ ^a ^b Schwandl, Robert. "Stockholm". urbanrail. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
^ "Vällingby". Google maps. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
^ "Art in the Stockholm metro" (PDF). Stockholm Transport. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
^ "Vällingby subway depot". Google maps. Retrieved 8 March 2022.