Stockholm North Station

Stockholm North Station (Swedish: ''Stockholms norra station'') or Stockholm N has been the name of two different railway stations in

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. Both have been used mostly for freight trains and not for passenger traffic. The first North Station was opened on 20 September 1866, first used as a temporary main station for trains on the northern lines. It was situated at

Norra Bantorget Norra Bantorget ("Northern Railway Square") is an area in central Stockholm, named after the location where the first Stockholm North Station was built. It is the traditional Social Democratic grounds of the Swedish capital. It is the location o ...

("North Line Square"), a square which got its name from this. All passenger operations moved to the central station in 1871. In 1925 the station was moved to Norrtull, where a new North Station was built at the railway line

Värtabanan Värtabanan is a railway just north of urban Stockholm, from Tomteboda via Norra Djurgården to Värtahamnen. It is nowadays mainly used for freight traffic linking Stockholm to the container port at Frihamnen, although a passenger service was op ...

. This station was in use until the 1990s. Parts of the station are now being replaced with new buildings for apartments. The main freight train station in north Stockholm is now

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 ...

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