Brommaplan 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

Riksby Riksby is a suburb within the district of Västerort in Stockholm, Sweden. It is located in the borough of Bromma. History The name "Riksby" is derived from Riksby gård, a farm once located in the parish of Bromma parish. The village of Ri ...

, 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 elevated 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 a lower level station building. The distance to Slussen is . 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 Nockeby ...

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, which included the elevated tracks at Brommaplan now used by the metro, 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 ...

. Brommaplan 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 Hötorget (''Haymarket'') is a city square in the center of Stockholm, Sweden that has been transitioning since the Early Medieval Period. Description To its east lies the Royal Concert Hall, to its south lies Filmstaden Sergel, one of the ...

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 received a composition in glass, stainless sheet metal and aluminium referring to the history of aviation and the nearby

Bromma Airport Bromma Stockholm Airport (formerly Stockholm-Bromma Flygplats) is a Swedish domestic and minor international airport in Stockholm. It is located west-northwest of downtown Stockholm and is the closest to the city compared to the other commercial ...

. The artwork was created by Peter Svedberg and installed in 1996

Gallery

File:Brommaplan.jpg, Elevated tracks across Brommaplan, 2007 File:Brommaplan Metro 13 oktober 2018 03.jpg, Entrance to the station, 2018 File:Brommaplan Metro 13 oktober 2018 07.jpg, inside the station, 2018 File:SL C20F 05.jpg, The platforms, 2021

References

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