Västra skogen ( sv, The Western Forest) is a station on the Blue 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 colou ...

, in

Huvudsta Huvudsta is a suburb of Stockholm in Solna Municipality, Sweden. In Huvudsta, near Vasastaden in Stockholm, stands the Karlberg Castle which was built in the 17th century. The Huvudsta metro station was opened in 1985 as part of the Blue line. ...

Solna Municipality Solna Municipality ( sv, Solna kommun or , ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in Sweden, located just north of Stockholm City Centre. Its seat is located in the town of Solna, which is a part of the Stockholm urban area. Solna is one of t ...

. The station was opened on 31 August 1975 as part the first stretch of the Blue Line between

T-Centralen T-Centralen (Swedish for "The T-Central"; T being an abbreviation for "tunnelbana", the Swedish word for "underground" or "subway") is a metro station that forms the heart of the Stockholm metro system, in the sense that it is the only station ...

and

Hjulsta Hjulsta is a working-class suburb of Stockholm. It is considered being part of Tensta, but with its own subway station which was opened in 1975 and is the end station of the blue line. The modern urban area of Hjulsta took its name from an old vi ...

. The trains were running via

Hallonbergen Hallonbergen (meaning "Raspberry Hill") is a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. Hallonbergen, which has about 5,400 inhabitants, located in Sundbyberg Municipality in the north west of Stockholm, is a fairly typical 1960-1970s area of dense ''Milli ...

and

Rinkeby Rinkeby () is a stadsdel, district in the Rinkeby-Kista borough, Stockholm, Sweden. Rinkeby had 19,349 inhabitants in 2016. The neighbourhood was part of the Million Programme. The Stockholm metro station Rinkeby metro station, Rinkeby was also o ...

. On 18 August 1985 the extension to Rinkeby was opened, and the stretch between Hallonbergen and Rinkeby was closed for passenger traffic. It features one of the longest

escalator An escalator is a moving staircase which carries people between floors of a building or structure. It consists of a motor-driven chain of individually linked steps on a track which cycle on a pair of tracks which keep the step tread horizo ...

s in western Europe, 66 meters and with a vertical rise of 33 meters. This part of Huvudsta was earlier called ''Ingentingskogen'' (''The Nothing Forest'') after a small farm called ''Ingenting''; the name Ingenting (''Nothing'') was suggested as a name for the new station, but rejected. The station has three platforms, one for trains towards

and

Akalla Akalla is a district ( sv, stadsdel) in Rinkeby-Kista borough, Stockholm, Sweden. Akalla has a population of roughly 9.100 as of 2018, in which immigrants, mostly from Asia and Africa, make up 60,4% of the population. Akalla is located on the bl ...

, and two platforms towards

Kungsträdgården Kungsträdgården (Swedish language, Swedish for "King's Garden") is a park in central Stockholm, Sweden. It is colloquially known as ''Kungsan''. The park's central location and its outdoor cafés makes it one of the most popular hangouts ...

, to allow trains from the two branches of the line to wait in the station before the two lines merge beyond the station.

Gallery

File:Västra skogen.jpg, Entrance File:Vastraskoogen.jpg, Platform and train File:Västraskogenbro.jpg, Platform stairs File:Entré - närbild.JPG, Entrance detail File:Västraskogenkakel2.jpg, Station's artwork File:Västraskogenrulltrappor.jpg, Escalators File:Västraskogenprofil.jpg File:Västra Skogen February 2012 02.jpg, Bird's eye view of the station

References

External links

Images of Västra skogen
Blue line (Stockholm metro) stations Railway stations opened in 1975 {{Stockholm-metro-stub