Medborgarplatsen, formerly known as Södra Bantorget, is a station on the Green line of the Stockholm metro. It is situated near to the Medborgarplatsen square in the district of

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in central Stockholm, and lies below

Götgatan Götgatan (Original Swedish ''Göthegatan''*Stahre, Nils-Gustaf; Fogelström, Per Anders (1986). Stockholms gatunamn: innerstaden. Monografier utgivna av Stockholms stad (1st edition). Stockholm: Liber/Allmänna förlaget. Libris 7269073. for " Go ...

between its junctions with and Folkungagatan. The station has a single

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, which is accessed by entrances at the junction of Götgatan with Folkungagatan, and in the Björns trädgård. The distance to Slussen is . Medborgarplatsen is, along with

Skanstull Skanstull is an area in Södermalm in Stockholm. Skanstull connects the traffic between the inner city and the south parts of Stockholm and its suburbs. Skanstull was originally the city's southern Toll road, toll station, but the toll station wa ...

, the oldest underground station on the metro, actually predating that system by some years. The station lies in the , a tunnel originally built in 1933 for use by routes 8 and 19 of the Stockholm tramway. Originally known as Södra Bantorget, the station took its current name in 1944. In 1950, it became part of Stockholm's first metro line when the Södertunneln was adapted to become part of the line from Slussen south to

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. This adaption required an extension of the station platforms to the north to accommodate the metro's trains, and this work was not completed when the line opened on 1 October, with the station not reopening until 1 November. The entance in the Björns trädgård was opened on 29 November 1995. The walls of the station have yellow tiles, partly original from the 1930s. As part of ''Art in the Stockholm metro'' project, designed the color scheme of the pillars and walls in 1979. In the southern ticket hall there is a wall decoration and floor mosaic by from 1997.

Gallery

File:Södra Bantorget station.jpg, Södra Bantorget tram station, 1930s File:Medborgarplatsen tunnelbana 2009.jpg, Entrance on Folkungagatan, 2009 File:Medborgarplatsen Metro station picture 8.jpg, Ticket hall, 2017 File:Medborgarplatsen Metro station picture 3.jpg, Exit to Björns trädgård, 2017 File:MedborgarplatsenT.jpg, Station tiles, 1954

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Images of Medborgarplatsen
Green line (Stockholm metro) stations Railway stations opened in 1933 Railway stations opened in 1950 1933 establishments in Sweden 1950 establishments in Sweden {{Stockholm-metro-stub