Stockholm City Station is a

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in central

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. Opened on 10 July 2017, the station is located on the

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and is located directly below

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(the hub of the

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) and interchange with

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. The station serves all

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trains. It is the busiest railway station in Sweden (not counting the metro).

Facilities

The station is located directly below T-Centralen, and allows quicker transfer between metro and commuter rail than the past solution, with the commuter trains stopping at the central station. The station has two entrances, which are shared with the metro station. One exit at Vasaplan is with access to the

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, and the other at Centralplan beside Scandic Continental. The station is located between below ground level. At ground level, the station has a glass facade to allow as much sunlight as possible to penetrate down to the track level. It includes accesses to the metro's Green Line platforms towards Hagsätra, Skarpnäck and Farsta, and the Red Line's platforms towards Mörby and Ropsten.

History

Construction started in 2009 and was done by building access tunnels from the depot at the central station, Vattugaraget and Torsgatan. The tunneling and bedrock work was completed in 2013, after which the station itself with facilities was built.

Gallery

Access to the Station

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Concourse

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Platforms

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Construction

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References

External links

Plan of station
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