Vällingby 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
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 ...
, which is part of the borough of
Hässelby-Vällingby
Hässelby-Vällingby is a borough (''stadsdelsområde'') in the western part of Stockholm, Sweden.
It is primarily made up of Hässelby ( Gård, Strand
Strand may refer to:
Topography
*The flat area of land bordering a body of water, a:
** Bea ...
in the west of the city of Stockholm. The station is nominally above ground and has a two
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 ...
s and three through tracks, with access from a station building spanning the tracks. This station building forms part of the cultural and retail centre of Vällingby, much of which has subsequently been built over the tracks and platforms of the metro, giving it an underground feel.
The station was opened on 26 October 1952 as the west terminus of the stretch from
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 ...
as provisional station and opened as a permanent station on 6 April 1954. On 1 November 1956 the line was extended further west to
Hässelby gård.
[
As part of ''Art in the Stockholm metro'' project, the station features concrete trees on the platforms, created by ]Casimir Djuric
Casimir is classically an English, French and Latin form of the Polish name Kazimierz. Feminine forms are Casimira and Kazimiera. It means "proclaimer (from ''kazać'' to preach) of peace (''mir'')."
List of variations
*Belarusian: Казі ...
in 1983.[
]
The Vällingby metro depot (''Vällingby t-banedepå'') is located to the east of the station and accessed from the station by a grade-separated junction.
Gallery
File:Vällingby - KMB - 16001000289444.jpg, The centre of Vällingby straddling the line, c.1966
File:Stockholm - Tunnelbana - Vällingby (11119896355).jpg, Bus interchange, 2013
File:Vällingby metro 13 oktober 2018 08.jpg, The entrance to the station, 2018
File:Vällingby metro 13 oktober 2018 01.jpg, Platforms below buildings in Vällingby centre, 2018
References
External links
Images of Vällingby station
Green line (Stockholm metro) stations
Railway stations opened in 1952
Stockholm metro stations located above ground
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