Stockhom Railway Station, view from the bridge

Stockholm Central Station ( sv, Stockholms centralstation) is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

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 ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

. It is situated in the district of

Norrmalm Norrmalm is a city district in Stockholm, Sweden. History Norrmalm is part of the larger borough of Norrmalm (''Norrmalms stadsdelsområde''). The southern part of the district, Lower Norrmalm (''Nedre Norrmalm''), also known as City, cons ...

at Vasagatan/Central Plan. The station opened on 18 July 1871 and it had over 200,000 visitors daily, of which about 170,000 were travellers (105,000 with commuter trains, 25,000 with

Arlanda Express Arlanda Express is an airport rail link connecting Stockholm Central Station with the Stockholm Arlanda Airport outside Stockholm, Sweden. Operated by A-Train AB, the trip takes 18 minutes and runs four to six times per hour using seven X3 ele ...

and 40,000 with other trains), until 10 July 2017 when the local commuter trains started to call at the

Stockholm City Station Stockholm City Station is a railway station in central Stockholm, Sweden. Opened on 10 July 2017, the station is located on the Stockholm City Line and is located directly below T-Centralen (the hub of the Stockholm Metro) and interchange with St ...

which is located under the central station. In front of the central station stands a statue of

Nils Ericson Nils is a Scandinavian given name, a chiefly Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Latvian variant of Niels, cognate to Nicholas. People and animals with the given name * Nils Bergström (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey player * Nils Björk (1898–1989) ...

History

Ljungströmslok Nydqvist&Holm 1922 Stockholm C

The station was built between 1867 and 1871 with Adolf W. Edelsvärd as the architect. Until 1925 the tracks led into the station but during a renovation 1925-1927 the tracks were moved to the west and the former track hall was converted into a 119 meter long, 28 meter wide and 13 meter high waiting hall. During the renovation the station was extended to the south through the construction of the southern pavilion. This part of the station currently houses a conference facility. Next to the conference facility is the Royal waiting hall where the Royal Family waits when travelling by train. In 1951 the facade towards Vasagatan was changed and given a more simplified look. In 1958 an underground passage to

T-Centralen T-Centralen (Swedish for "The T-Central"; T being an abbreviation for "tunnelbana", the Swedish word for "underground" or "subway") is a metro station that forms the heart of the Stockholm metro system, in the sense that it is the only station ...

was opened. In 2017 the commuter trains moved to a separate station,

, one kilometer away. In 2011 Jernhusen, a real estate company in Stockholm, found a way to channel the body heat from the hordes of commuters passing through Stockholm's Central Station to warm another building that is just across the road.

Traffic

The station consists of two parts: * The northern part, with tracks 1 to 7 facing north, forms a terminal station for the

Ostkustbanan The East Coast Line ( sv, Ostkustbanan) is a long mainline railway in Sweden, linking the cities of Stockholm, Uppsala, Gävle and Sundsvall, as well as the suburbs north of Stockholm. History At the construction of the first Swedish mainli ...

, Mälarbanan and

Arlandabanan The Arlanda Line ( sv, Arlandabanan) is a long railway line which allows trains on the East Coast Line to reach Stockholm Arlanda Airport in Sigtuna Municipality, Sweden. The Arlanda Line branches from the East Coast Line at Rosersberg and rej ...

railways. Tracks 1 and 2 are reserved for the

, which have platforms level with the train floor allowing step free access. Track 3 is mostly used by Uppsalapendeln and tracks 4 to 7 are used for long-distance and regional traffic and overnight traffic to the north. * Tracks 10 to 19 in the western part constitute a passing station for

Västra stambanan The Western Main Line ( sv, Västra stambanan) is the main state-owned railway line between Stockholm and Gothenburg in Sweden. Its construction began in 1856 and it opened for service in 1862.Northern Railway Square are service depots for long-distance and regional trains. Terminating trains from the south arrive on tracks 17 to 19 where passengers alight, and then continue to the service depots to the north where they are cleaned and have their supplies refilled. Then they return south via tracks 10 to 12. Long-distance trains from tracks 4 to 8 are services in the same way near the Northern Railway Square.

Commuter train station

The Stockholm Central station was the busiest station on 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 ...

, with about 53,000 boarding the trains and about as many disembarking every weekday (as of 2005). The commuter rail used two island platforms, one for tracks 13 and 14 (southbound trains) and one for tracks 15 and 16 (northbound trains). Each platform has entries with entry gates from the lower level and a ticket sales office on the upper level with an entry from

Klarabergsviadukten Klarabergsviadukten (Swedish: "The Viaduct of Hill of St Clare" ) is a reinforced concrete bridge and an overpass in central Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching over Klara Sjö, it connects Norrmalm to Kungsholmen. Where in English viaduct genera ...

. From 2017 the commuter trains moved to a separate underground station, known as

. The commuter trains go on their own tracks along Ostkustbanan via

Tomteboda Tomteboda is a place in northern Stockholm, Sweden, known for its mail terminal and its shunting yard. A new railway tunnel for commuters has been built between Stockholm South Station and Tomteboda. See also * Stockholm commuter rail * Swe ...

, and after

Karlberg Station Karlberg Palace () is a palace by the Karlberg Canal in Solna Municipality in Sweden, adjacent to Stockholm's Vasastaden district. The palace, built in 1630,Solna: Huvudsta today houses the Military Academy Karlberg. In the palace park are f ...

they go underneath the other tracks to avoid conflict with long-distance and regional trains. After the centre, they join the Stockholm connection railway to the south, which has had two tracks since 1871. In 2006, a decision was finally made to construct

Citybanan The Stockholm City Line ( sv, Citybanan) is a commuter railway tunnel beneath central Stockholm in Sweden which is used by the Stockholm Commuter Rail. The line is long, double track and electrified. It has two stations: Stockholm City S ...

, a new track in a tunnel, and

, a new station for commuter trains below

. The construction was started in January 2009 and was completed in 2017.

Bus

A bus terminal called

Cityterminalen Cityterminalen is the central bus station of Stockholm. It is situated in the Norrmalm city district, and is connected by a tunnel to the Stockholm Central Station. Most long range bus lines in Stockholm have a stop in Cityterminalen. Constructio ...

is located adjacent to the main station, directly connected by a short pedestrian tunnel. Local services offered by SL stop at various bus stops close to the main station's exits.

Metro station

Services on all lines 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 ...

network are provided on a separate station named

. An underground pedestrian passage connects it to Stockholm Central Station.

Services

**Stockholm-Arlanda Airport * SJ ** Intercity services ***Falun via Uppsala, Avesta Krylbo, Borlänge ***Karlstad via Katrineholm,

Hallsberg Hallsberg () is a bimunicipal locality and the seat of Hallsberg Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 7,122 inhabitants in 2010. It is also partly located in Kumla Municipality. Overview This settlement grew up around a railway junction, an ...

***

Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...

via Södertälje Syd, Katrineholm, Hallsberg, Skövde, Herrljunga ***Mora via Uppsala, Avesta Krylbo, Borlänge ***Östersund via Uppsala, Gävle, Bräcke ***Sundsvall via Uppsala, Gävle ***Malmö via Norrköping, Nässjö, Lund ** Night train ***Luleå via Uppsala, Gävle, Sundsvall, Umeå ***Narvik () via Umeå, Boden, Gällivare, Kiruna ***Storlien via Uppsala, Gävle, Sundsvall, Östersund, Åre ***Malmö via Norrköping, Nässjö, Alvesta ***Hamburg () via Norrköping, Linköping, Nässjö, Alvesta, Lund, Malmö (begins 1 September 2022) ** SJ commuter rail services ***Arboga via Södertälje Syd, Strängnäs,

Eskilstuna Eskilstuna () is a city and the seat of Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden. The city of Eskilstuna had 67,359 inhabitants in 2015, with a total population of 100,092 inhabitants in Eskilstuna municipality (2014). Eskilstuna has ...

***Hallsberg via Södertälje, Katrineholm ***Linköping via Södertälje, Nyköping, Kolmården, Norrköping ***Gävle via Uppsala, some service continues to Ljusdal ***Gothenburg via Västerås, Örebro, Hallsberg, Skövde, Herrljunga, Alingsås ***Uppsala ***Västerås via Enköping, ***Hallsberg via Enköping, Västerås, Arboga, Örebro **

X 2000 X 2000, also called SJ X2 or simply as X2, is an electric tilting train operated by SJ in Sweden. It was constructed by Kalmar Verkstad in Kalmar, Sweden (prior to the company being bought by Adtranz in 1996) and launched in 1990 as a ...

, also called "SJ Snabbtåg" since 11 December 2011, Express Intercity services ***Åre via Uppsala, Sundsvall, Östersund (seasonal during ski season in Åre) ***Arvika via

, Karlstad ***Borås via Skövde, Herrljunga ***Malmö via Norrköping, Nässjö, Lund ***Copenhagen () via Norrköping, Nässjö, Lund, Malmö ***Gothenburg via Katrineholm, Skövde ***Oslo () via Karlstad, Arvika ***Nässjö via Norrköping ***Sundsvall via Uppsala, Gävle ***Uddevalla via Skövde, Herrljunga ***Strömstad via Skövde, Herrljunga, Uddevalla (during summer holidays) *

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** Night train ***Åre (Seasonal) ***Berlin () via Copenhagen (), Hamburg () (Seasonal) *

Flygbussarna Flygbussarna provide an airport bus service between many airports in and cities in Sweden. They are operated by ''FAC Flygbussarna Airport Coaches AB''. Airports and cities served FAC Flygbussarna Airport Coaches provides bus transfer to and fro ...

(bus departing from

) *** Arlanda Airport (ARN) *** Bromma Airport (BMA) *** Skavsta Airport (NYO) *** Västerås Airport (VST)

References

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