Stockholm Central Station ( sv, Stockholms centralstation) is a
railway station
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in
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropo ...
,
Sweden
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. 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 daily, of which about 170,000 were travellers (105,000 with commuter trains, 25,000 with
Arlanda Express and 40,000 with other trains), until 10 July 2017 when the local commuter trains started to call at the
Stockholm City Station which is located under the central station.
In front of the central station stands a statue of
Nils Ericson.
History
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 was opened. In 2017 the commuter trains moved to a separate station,
Stockholm City 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,
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 rejoi ...
railways. Tracks 1 and 2 are reserved for the
Arlanda Express, 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 and local commuter trains. Tracks 10 to 12 are mostly used for long-distance and regional trains to the south, but can also be used for traffic to the north, while tracks 17 to 19 are mostly used for long-distance and regional trains to the north, but can also be used for traffic to the south. Most of the trains turn back after the Stockholm Central Station, but some trains continue towards the north. The tracks 13-16 were high-floor tracks used for SL commuter trains until July 2017, now used for regional and long distance trains.
On level with the
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, 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. From 2017 the commuter trains moved to a separate underground station, known as
Stockholm City Station.
The commuter trains go on their own tracks along Ostkustbanan via
Tomteboda, and after
Karlberg Station
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In the palace park are foun ...
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, a new track in a tunnel, and
Stockholm City Station, a new station for commuter trains below
T-Centralen. The construction was started in January 2009 and was completed in 2017.
Bus
A bus terminal called
Cityterminalen
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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
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network are provided on a separate station named
T-Centralen. An underground pedestrian passage connects it to Stockholm Central Station.
Services
*
Arlanda Express
**Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
*
SJ
**
Intercity services
***Falun via Uppsala, Avesta Krylbo, Borlänge
***Karlstad via Katrineholm,
Hallsberg
***
Gothenburg
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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 h ...
***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
Hallsberg, 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)
*
Veolia Transport
Veolia Transport (formerly Connex and CGEA Transport) was the international transport services division of the French-based multinational company Veolia until the 2011 merger that gave rise to Veolia Transdev. Veolia Transport traded under the ...
**
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 from ...
(bus departing from
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 ...
)
***
Arlanda Airport (ARN)
***
Bromma Airport (BMA)
***
Skavsta Airport (NYO)
***
Västerås Airport (VST)
References
External links
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Railway stations in Stockholm
Railway stations opened in 1871
1871 establishments in Sweden