Hammarby Depot is a

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for maintenance 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 colou ...

and the infrastructure of Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, located in

Söderort Söderort (literally "the southern place", sometimes translated to ''South Stockholm'') is the southern suburban part of the Stockholm Municipality, Sweden. It is also part of the city of Stockholm. Geography Söderort is located in the northe ...

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. The Hammarby Depot is connected to

Skärmarbrink metro station Skärmarbrink metro station is on the line 17 and 18 of the Stockholm metro, located in Skärmarbrink, Johanneshov, Söderort. The station, opened on 1 October 1950, then called ''Hammarby'' until 16 April 1958, was on the first metro line opened ...

. The depot started operations in the 1940s when SS moved their workshop from Råsunda to Hammarby. Hammarby became a workshop/depot for the southern part of the 17, 18 and 19 lines when the 1st metro between

Hökarängen Hökarängen is a district in the Farsta borough of southern Stockholm. It neighbours Fagersjö to the west, Farsta to the south, Sköndal to the east and Gubbängen to the north. As of 2017, the total population of Hökarängen is 9,564 T ...

and Slussen opened in 1950, but even Högdalsdepån is a workshop for this part of the Stockholm metro since 1957. A new facility for infrastructure maintenance vehicles and has been built in the eastern part of the complex, replacing the original parking hall for trains. It was taken into service in 2016.

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*http://www.merkerlarsson.com/TunnelbanaDepots.html {{coord, 59, 17, 32, N, 18, 05, 38, E, region:SE_type:landmark_source:kolossus-svwiki, display=title Stockholm metro Buildings and structures in Stockholm