Ängbyplan metro station, formerly known as Färjestadsvägen metro station, is a station on the Green line of the

Stockholm metro The Stockholm metro ( sv, Stockholms tunnelbana) is a rapid transit system in Stockholm, Sweden. The first line opened in 1950, and today the system has 100 stations in use, of which 47 are underground and 53 above ground. There are three col ...

. It is located in the district of

Södra Ängby Södra Ängby is a residential area blending functionalism with garden city ideals, located in western Stockholm, Sweden, forming part of the Bromma borough. Encompassing more than 500 buildings, it remains the largest coherent functionalistic ...

, which is part of the borough of

Bromma Bromma () is a borough (''stadsdelsområde'') in the western part of Stockholm, Sweden, forming part of the Stockholm Municipality. Bromma is primarily made up of Bromma Parish and Västerled Parish. The fourth largest airport in Sweden and the t ...

in the west of the city of Stockholm. The station is above ground and has a single

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular o ...

, with access from the underpass taking Färjestadsvägen under the line. The distance to Slussen is 12.4 km (7.705 miles). The station lies on the route of a line known as the that formerly linked

Alvik Alvik is a residential district in western Stockholm municipality and part of the Bromma borough. The Alvik outdoor Metro station in adjacent Traneberg was opened in 1952 and is also a connection to the Tvärbanan light railway and the Nockeb ...

and

Islandstorget Islandstorget is a station in the Stockholm metro on the Green line. It is located in the district of Södra Ängby, which is part of the borough of Bromma in the west of the city of Stockholm. The station is above ground with a single island pla ...

. The Ängbybanan was designed and built for use by the future metro, but was operated from 1944 as part of line 11 of the

Stockholm tramway The Stockholm tramway network forms part of the public transport system in Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden. Beginning with horse trams in 1877, the Stockholm tram network reached its largest extent in 1946. Many of the former suburban tra ...

. Ängbyplan station was inaugurated as part of the metro on 26 October 1952 with the conversion of the Ängbybanan and its extension to form the metro line between Hötorget and

Vällingby Vällingby () is a suburban district in Västerort in the western part of Stockholm Municipality, Sweden. History The agricultural land where the modern suburb now stands, has a history stretching some 2,000 years back (i.e. at least twice ...

. It was called Färjestadsvägen until 1961. The metro station was decorated with

tile Tiles are usually thin, square or rectangular coverings manufactured from hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, metal, baked clay, or even glass. They are generally fixed in place in an array to cover roofs, floors, walls, edges, or ...

in 1994 by .

Gallery

File:Ängbybyplan Metro 13 oktober 2018 06.jpg, Station entrance, 2018 File:Ängbybyplan Metro 13 oktober 2018 05.jpg, Ticket hall, 2018 File:Ängbybyplan Metro 13 oktober 2018 08.jpg, Tiled artwork, 2018

References

Green line (Stockholm metro) stations Railway stations opened in 1952 Stockholm metro stations located above ground {{Stockholm-metro-stub