Nynäshamn is a station on Stockholm's commuter train network, located in

Nynäshamn Nynäshamn is a locality and the seat of Nynäshamn Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 13,510 inhabitants in 2010. While interest in the area as a potentially useful port grew from the mid 19th Century, it was only with the opening of the ...

within

Nynäshamn Municipality Nynäshamn Municipality (''Nynäshamns kommun'') is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Nynäshamn. In 1974 the former ''City of Nynäshamn'' (itself instituted in 1946) was merged with '' ...

and is the terminus for the

Nynäs Line The Nynäs Line ( sv, Nynäsbanan) is a long railway line between Älvsjö and Nynäshamn in Sweden. The line is electrified and is double track on the section from Älvsjö to Västerhaninge. The line is used by the Stockholm Commuter Rail ...

. On a normal winter weekday, the station has about 900 boarders (2015). The station has three tracks, which end with stop buffers. Entrance to the platform is geographically from the north (the track runs in a half loop through the city and ends in the "wrong" direction). The station no longer has an entrance building or ticket hall, but has weather protection on the platform. Nynäshamn is used as a transfer to the

Destination Gotland Destination Gotland is a Swedish ferry-line that runs state-subsidised domestic ferries from Nynäshamn and Oskarshamn to Visby on the island of Gotland. It is a wholly owned daughter company of Rederi AB Gotland. The fleet consists of four hig ...

ferries to the island of

Gotland Gotland (, ; ''Gutland'' in Gutnish), also historically spelled Gottland or Gothland (), is Sweden's largest island. It is also a province, county, municipality, and diocese. The province includes the islands of Fårö and Gotska Sandön to the ...

History

The station was built as part of the

, and was opened to traffic in 1901. The old station building was designed by the architect

Ferdinand Boberg Gustaf Ferdinand Boberg (11 April 1860 – 7 May 1946) was a Swedish architect. Biography Boberg was born in Falun. He became one of the most productive and prominent architects of Stockholm around the turn of the 20th century. Among his most ...

. It is a wooden building with yellow-painted facades and has a similar appearance to other station buildings line, also designed by Boberg. Today, the building is owned by housing association Nynäshamnsbostäder. The old station building is located some distance from the track area itself. This is it was originally planned for the tracks to end in front of the building. However, a longer track was built to enable direct connection to the Gotland boats. This occurred in the years 1902-1973 and 1995-2007. In 2007, the platform located just beside Nynäshamn Ferry Terminal was closed to allow expansion of the ferry terminal, and the track was shortened by 500m to the current terminus.

Gallery

Station Building

File:Nynäshamn, stationshus, 1901.JPG, Old station building under construction, 1900-1901 File:Nynäshamn, stationshus, 2017.jpg, Old Station Building File:Nynäshamns hamn och station.jpg, Old station building, showing previous track extension

Station Platforms

File:Pendeltåg i Nynäshamn, 1975.jpg, Platform in 1975 File:Xxxdddnynashamn station (3).JPG, Platform in Winter File:Nynäshamn Pendeltag.jpg, Platform in Summer File:Xxxdddnynashamn station (1).JPG, Platform in Winter

References

{{reflist Nynäshamn Municipality Railway stations in Stockholm County Railway stations opened in 1901 1901 establishments in Sweden