Sollentuna is one of the five stations of the
Stockholm commuter rail
Stockholm commuter rail ( sv, Stockholms pendeltåg) is the commuter rail system in Stockholm County, Sweden. The system is an important part of the public transport in Stockholm, and is controlled by Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. The tracks are ...
in
Sollentuna Municipality
Sollentuna Municipality ( ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east-central Sweden, north of Stockholm. Its seat of local government is located in Tureberg, which is a part of Sollentuna urban area.
Geography
Sollentuna borders the m ...
. It is situated in the neighbourhood of
Tureberg 13.3 km north of
Stockholm Central Station
Stockholm Central Station ( sv, Stockholms centralstation) is a railway station in Stockholm, Sweden. It is situated in the district of Norrmalm at Vasagatan/Central Plan. The station opened on 18 July 1871 and it had over 200,000 visitors dai ...
. The station was originally called ''Tureberg'' and was opened in 1866 in a rural setting along the railway
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
–
Uppsala
Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inha ...
. The name was changed to ''Sollentuna'' in 1968 at the request of the municipality,
since Tureberg is the ''de facto'' centre of the municipality. The area around the station has developed into a suburban centre with high rise buildings, a bus terminal and a large
shopping mall
A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a North American term for a large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores. The term "mall" originally meant a pedestrian promenade with shops along it (that is, the term was used to refe ...
.
References
Railway stations in Stockholm County
Railway stations opened in 1866
1866 establishments in Sweden
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