Telefonplan metro station ("Telephone Square") is an outdoor station on
Line 14 in the
Stockholm metro. The station is located in the borough of
Hägersten. It was opened on 5 April 1964 as part of the first stretch of
Metro 2, between
T-Centralen
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and
Fruängen.
Unlike most of the stations lying nearby, namely among others
Midsommarkransen and
Hägerstensåsen, the station's name does not refer to any specific area or a specific suburb. Instead, the station's name refers to a small square situated just west of the station's main entrance.
The subway station initially mainly served the
Ericsson
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headquarters, Ericsson's main factory and the nearby serviced apartments of its workers. Ericsson's headquarters moved to
Kista
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in 2003. Nowadays, the facilities of the factory have been taken over by the Swedish
University College of Arts, and there are plans to build a design center close to the station. The area immediately east of the station is partially a construction site for new residential buildings, and plans to reconstruct the underground station as well as the whole area of Telefonplan are well developed. There were plans to build two skyscrapers named
Tellus Towers
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, which would have had an entrance from the metro station. This plan is being reevaluated as of 2020.
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Landet
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is situated a few hundred meters from the station, making the station and the area more crowded at nighttime than ever before.
The station also serves the inhabitants of
Västberga, and buses to closely situated to
Solberga and
Älvsjö
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start from here.
References
Red line (Stockholm metro) stations
Railway stations opened in 1964
Stockholm metro stations located above ground
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