Brommaplan metro station is a station on the
Green line
Green Line may refer to:
Places Military and political
* Green Line (France), the German occupation line in France during World War II
* Green Line (Israel), the 1949 armistice line established between Israel and its neighbours
** City Line ( ...
of the
Stockholm metro
The Stockholm metro ( sv, Stockholms tunnelbana) is a rapid transit system in Stockholm, Sweden. The first line opened in 1950, and today the system has 100 stations in use, of which 47 are underground and 53 above ground. There are three colou ...
. It is located in the district of
Riksby
Riksby is a suburb within the district of Västerort in Stockholm, Sweden. It is located in the borough of Bromma.
History
The name "Riksby" is derived from Riksby gård, a farm once located in the parish of Bromma parish.
The village of Ri ...
, which is part of the borough of
Bromma
Bromma () is a borough (''stadsdelsområde'') in the western part of Stockholm, Sweden, forming part of the Stockholm Municipality. Bromma is primarily made up of Bromma Parish and Västerled Parish. The fourth largest airport in Sweden and the th ...
in the west of the city of Stockholm. The station is elevated and has a single
island platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
, with access from a lower level station building.
The distance to
Slussen is .
The station lies on the route of a line known as the that formerly linked
Alvik
Alvik is a residential district in western Stockholm municipality and part of the Bromma borough.
The Alvik outdoor Metro station in adjacent Traneberg was opened in 1952 and is also a connection to the Tvärbanan light railway and the Nockeby ...
and
Islandstorget
Islandstorget is a station in the Stockholm metro on the Green line. It is located in the district of Södra Ängby, which is part of the borough of Bromma in the west of the city of Stockholm. The station is above ground with a single island pla ...
. The Ängbybanan, which included the elevated tracks at Brommaplan now used by the metro, was designed and built for use by the future metro, but was operated from 1944 as part of line 11 of the
Stockholm tramway
The Stockholm tramway network forms part of the public transport system in Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden.
Beginning with horse trams in 1877, the Stockholm tram network reached its largest extent in 1946. Many of the former suburban tram ...
. Brommaplan station was inaugurated as part of the metro on 26 October 1952 with the conversion of the Ängbybanan and its extension to form the metro line between
Hötorget
Hötorget (''Haymarket'') is a city square in the center of Stockholm, Sweden that has been transitioning since the Early Medieval Period.
Description
To its east lies the Royal Concert Hall, to its south lies Filmstaden Sergel, one of the ...
and
Vällingby
Vällingby () is a suburban district in Västerort in the western part of Stockholm Municipality, Sweden.
History
The agricultural land where the modern suburb now stands, has a history stretching some 2,000 years back (i.e. at least twice ...
.
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As part of ''Art in the Stockholm metro'' project, the station received a composition in glass, stainless sheet metal and aluminium referring to the history of aviation and the nearby ]Bromma Airport
Bromma Stockholm Airport (formerly Stockholm-Bromma Flygplats) is a Swedish domestic and minor international airport in Stockholm. It is located west-northwest of downtown Stockholm and is the closest to the city compared to the other commerci ...
. The artwork was created by Peter Svedberg and installed in 1996
Gallery
File:Brommaplan.jpg, Elevated tracks across Brommaplan, 2007
File:Brommaplan Metro 13 oktober 2018 03.jpg, Entrance to the station, 2018
File:Brommaplan Metro 13 oktober 2018 07.jpg, inside the station, 2018
File:SL C20F 05.jpg, The platforms, 2021
References
Green line (Stockholm metro) stations
Railway stations opened in 1952
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