Vårberg metro station
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Stockholm metro station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Coordinates | 59°16′33″N 17°53′27″E / 59.2758333333°N 17.8908333333°E | ||||||||||
Elevation | 37.6 m (123 ft) above sea level | ||||||||||
Owned by | Storstockholms Lokaltrafik | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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Station code | VÅB | ||||||||||
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Opened | 2 December 1967 | ||||||||||
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2019 | 8,100 boarding per weekday[1] | ||||||||||
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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 (7.8 mi).
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
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Art in the Stockholm metro" (PDF). Stockholm Transport. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2008-09-10.