Arlanda Central Station ( sv, Arlanda centralstation) or Arlanda C is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

on the

Arlanda Line 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 rejo ...

serving

Stockholm-Arlanda Airport Stockholm Arlanda Airport is an international airport located in the Sigtuna Municipality of Sweden, near the town of Märsta, north of Stockholm and nearly south-east of Uppsala. The airport is located within Stockholm County and the p ...

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. It is served by regional, intercity, and night trains operated by SJ, and since December 2012 also by

Stockholm commuter rail Stockholm commuter rail ( sv, Stockholms pendeltåg) is the commuter rail system in Stockholm County, Sweden. The system is an important part of the public transport in Stockholm, and is controlled by Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. The tracks are ...

Upptåget Kollektivtrafikförvaltningen UL (English: Public transport administration UL) (formerly Upplands Lokaltrafik until 1 January 2012) is the integrated transport authority ( sv, Trafikhuvudman) responsible for public transport buses and trains at ...

, which used to operate a commuter service between

Upplands Väsby Upplands Väsby () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Upplands Väsby Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 149,463 inhabitants in 2020. History The municipality has a long history with clear traces of settlements from t ...

and

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via Arlanda C, now only runs a few morning and night trains on weekends.

History

Plans for a railway line from the city center of Stockholm to the airport started in the early 1990s. Policy-makers wanted to allow the airport to grow without increasing the road traffic to the airport, and decided to build a railway. The project involved building a branch from the existing East Coast Line from Rosersberg and back at Odensala. Financing was secured by introducing Sweden's first

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, whereby a private consortium would be granted a 40-year permit to operate the line in exchange for all direct traffic and the right to collect usage fees from other train companies. The contract was won by A-Train in 1994, which started construction in 1995 and completed the line and station in 1999, with Arlanda C itself opening in 2000 on the East Coast Line shortly after the opening of Arlanda North and Arlanda South stations. From 2006 to 2012,

operated a commuter train service every 30 minutes between Upplands Väsby and Uppsala via Arlanda C. At Upplands Väsby, passengers could transfer to Stockholm commuter rail. When Stockholm commuter rail started its service from

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( Tumba) to Uppsala C, Upptåget ended its commuter service, except for a few morning and night trains on weekends.

Facilities

Arlanda C is one of three train stations at Arlanda, the other two being

Arlanda North Station Arlanda North Station ( sv, Arlanda norra station) is a railway station on the Arlanda Line serving Stockholm-Arlanda Airport in Sweden. The station is one of two stations at the airport to be served by the Arlanda Express, the other being Arlan ...

and

Arlanda South Station Arlanda South Station ( sv, Arlanda södra station) is a railway station on the Arlanda Line serving Stockholm-Arlanda Airport in Sweden. The station is one of two stations at the airport to be served by the Arlanda Express, the other being Arl ...

, both which are exclusively served by the

Arlanda Express Arlanda Express is an airport rail link connecting Stockholm Central Station with the Stockholm Arlanda Airport outside Stockholm, Sweden. Operated by A-Train AB, the trip takes 18 minutes and runs four to six times per hour using seven X3 e ...

. Arlanda C is located directly under SkyCity, which is between terminal 4 and 5, and is from

Stockholm Central Station Stockholm Central Station ( sv, Stockholms centralstation) is a railway station in Stockholm, Sweden. 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 dai ...

. It is located in a long tunnel, which is one of the longest railway tunnels in Sweden.

Services

The station is served by 70 daily regional and long-distance trains operated by SJ. SJ operates northbound fast trains from Stockholm to Östersund, Sundsvall and Umeå. Since 9 December 2012, Stockholm commuter rail trains stop at Arlanda C every 30 minutes (60 minutes on weekend mornings and nights). It takes 36 minutes from Arlanda C to Stockholm City station, and 18 minutes to Uppsala C.Commuter rail service now available at Stockholm Arlanda
.

Swedavia Swedavia AB is a Swedish state-owned company, which owns and operates ten of airports of Sweden, Sweden's busiest airports. It has its head office at the air traffic control tower of Stockholm-Arlanda Airport in Sigtuna Municipality near Stockholm ...

. Retrieved 3 August 2013.

References

External links

* {{Commonscat-inline, Arlanda Central train station Arlanda Line Railway stations opened in 1999 Railway stations located underground in Stockholm County Airport railway stations in Sweden 1999 establishments in Sweden