Islandstorget is a station in 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 ...

on the Green line. 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 th ...

in the west of the city of Stockholm. The station is above ground with 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 on ...

. The entrance is from Blackebergsvägen, which passes over the line. On a workday there are some 3,450 passengers who travel from Islandstorget. The site of the station was the western terminus of a line known as the that ran from

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 ...

. 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 ...

. Islandstorget 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 ...

Gallery

File:Islandstorget metro 13 oktober 2018 07.jpg, Station building, 2018 File:Islandstorget metro 13 oktober 2018 05.jpg, Station interior, 2018

References

External links

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