Åkeshov 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 borough of

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in the west of the city of Stockholm. The station is at ground level, has two

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s flanking three through tracks, and is one of the intermediate termini along the northern section of the Green line, with line 17 trains normally terminating. Access is by way of a pedestrian underpass that passes under both the metro line and the adjacent ''Bergslagsvägen'' street. 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. 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. Åkeshov 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 ...

. As part of ''Art in the Stockholm metro'' project, the station features a

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in the ticket hall symbolizing non-violence. The sculpture was created by

Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd (4 June 1934 – 3 May 2016) was a Swedish painter and sculptor. He studied with Fernand Léger in Paris 1951 and was a professor of painting at The Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm 1965–1969. In 1974 he was a guest ...

in 1998.

Gallery

File:Åkeshov metro 13 oktober 2018 06.jpg, Entrance on the north side of ''Bergslagsvägen'', 2018 File:Åkeshovs tunnelbanestation, 2021i.jpg, Entrance on the south side of the station, 2021 File:Åkeshov metro 13 oktober 2018 02.jpg, Station interior, 2018 File:Åkeshov metro 13 oktober 2018 01.jpg, Sculpture ''Non-Violence'', 2018 File:Åkeshov metro 13 oktober 2018 05.jpg, Twin platforms with terminating train, 2018

References

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