Stockholm South, ''Stockholms södra'', Stockholm S, locally known as ''Södra Station'' (Southern Station) is a railway station in
Södermalm
Södermalm, often shortened to just Söder, is a district and island in central Stockholm.
Overview
The district covers the large island of the same name (formerly called ''Åsön''). Although Södermalm usually is considered an island, wa ...
,
Stockholm,
Sweden.
The Stockholm South railway station was originally opened in the year 1860, and was originally the northern terminus of the
Västra Stambanan railway line until the construction 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 da ...
(Stockholm C). The 1860 building was replaced with a new building in 1926. The current station, which includes a large apartment complex above it, began construction in 1986 on the site of the original station, and was opened in 1989. The new station is underground, situated below the site of the old station, and on the railway line it is between
Årstaberg and Stockholm C. The trains of the
Stockholm commuter rail network stop at this station. About 5 minutes walk on Swedenborgsgatan is the
Mariatorget metro station
Mariatorget metro station is a station on the red line of the Stockholm metro, located in the district of Södermalm beneath Mariatorget. The station was opened on 5 April 1964 as part of the first stretch of the Red line, between T-Centralen
...
, located 350 metres away.
Stockholm South station is also connected to the Södra station–Hammarbyhamnen–Stadsgården freight branch line
( sv:Industrispåret Södra station–Hammarbyhamnen–Stadsgården), which was built between 1925 and 1939 and which formerly provided access to the ports and wharves located at
Hammarby and
Stadsgården and also provided the only mainline connection with the
Saltsjöbanan commuter rail system until 2000. A 550-metre underground spur line also branched off from said freight line to the
underground complex at
Södersjukhuset hospital (constructed 1937–1944).
City Line
The
Stockholm City Line
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 Stat ...
commuter rail tunnel under central Stockholm opened on 10 July 2017; the section of it under Södermalm starts at Stockholm South Station. The two northernmost platforms of the station, platforms 1 and 2, are used by commuter rail trains, and connect to the tunnel going north. The two southern platforms (3 and 4) are used by long-distance passenger trains and passing freight trains.
When the long-distance rail connection between Stockholm South and Stockholm Central stations is interrupted (as for rail maintenance works during the summers of 2018 to 2020), Stockholm South becomes the terminus for long-distance trains between Stockholm and locations further south and east, with passengers able to continue the journey through commuter trains through the City Line. Passengers will however need to purchase an SL fare in addition to their long distance ticket to be able to transfer to services running between Stockholm South and
Stockholm City.
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Railway stations located underground in Stockholm
1860 establishments in Sweden
Railway stations opened in 1860
Transit centers in Sweden