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Stockholm Commuter Rail
Stockholm commuter rail () is the commuter rail system in Stockholm County, Sweden. The system is an important part of the public transport in Stockholm, and is controlled by Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. The tracks are state-owned and administered by the Swedish Transport Administration, while the operation of the Stockholm commuter rail services itself has been contracted to SJ AB since March 2024. History Initial operations and early routes Local trains have been operated on the mainline railways around Stockholm since the late nineteenth century. At the beginning, local rail services were part of the Statens Järnvägar, Swedish State Railways, but in the late-1960s, the responsibility for these services was transferred to Stockholm County, which incorporated it with the ticketing system of Stockholm Transport. New trains were bought, stations were modernised, and the Stockholm commuter rail network was developed with an aim of making it more metro-like. Originally the syst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ã…rstaberg Railway Station
Årstaberg is a station on Stockholm's Stockholm commuter rail, commuter rail network, situated in the on the border between the Liljeholmen and Årsta district, Årsta districts in the Söderort, south of Stockholm Municipality. The station has a central platform with two tracks serving commuter trains, along with additional tracks for passing trains that do not stop at the station. Årstaberg Station also features a stop on the Tvärbanan light rail line. History When the Årstabroarna, Årsta Bridge opened in 1929, the Western Main Line from Stockholm Central Station was rerouted through Årstaberg. At that time, Årstaberg was a sparsely populated area, and no station was established. The idea of creating a Interchange station, transit interchange on the existing railway at Årstaberg emerged much later during the planning of the Tvärbanan light rail line, which was to pass through the area. When the Tvärbanan began service through Årstaberg in 2000, planners recognised th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kungsängen
Kungsängen () is a locality and the seat of Upplands-Bro Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ..., with 9,382 inhabitants in 2010. References Populated lakeshore places in Sweden Populated places in Upplands-Bro Municipality Municipal seats of Stockholm County Swedish municipal seats {{Stockholm-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arlanda Express
Arlanda Express is an airport rail link connecting Stockholm Central Station with the Stockholm Arlanda Airport, located outside Stockholm, Sweden. Operated by A-Train AB, the trip takes 18 minutes and runs three to six times per hour using seven X3 (train), X3 electric multiple units. The services operate over the East Coast Line (Sweden), East Coast and Arlanda Lines calling at Stockholm Central Station, Stockholm Central, Arlanda North Station, Arlanda North and Arlanda South Station, Arlanda South stations. The service was used by 2.7 million passengers in 2007 and by 3.3 million passengers in 2012. Planning of the airport link started in the 1980s. In 1993 the Government of Sweden issued a tender for a public–private partnership (PPP) to build the Arlanda Line. The construction of the line was subsidized with a combination of some state grants and large state loans. The successful tenderer would receive a monopoly on traffic between the airport and Stockholm until 2040. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedavia
Swedavia AB is a Swedish state-owned company, which owns and operates ten of airports of Sweden, Sweden's busiest airports. It has its head office at the air traffic control tower of Stockholm-Arlanda Airport in Sigtuna Municipality near Stockholm. It was formed on 1 April 2010, when the Civil Aviation Administration (Sweden), Swedish Civil Aviation Administration was split up, and all commercial airport operation was transferred to Swedavia. Air navigation services continue as a state enterprise under the name LFV (Civil Aviation Administration). In 2010, the number of employees was about 2,600. Airports When the decision was made to form Swedavia, there were 16 nationally owned airports, but it was a part of the decision to transfer six of them to local owners and keep ten large airports. ''Region Värmland'' took over the operations of Karlstad Airport in 2010. In 2011, the operations for Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport was transferred to ''Region Skåne Nordväst'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm Arlanda Airport
Stockholm Arlanda Airport is the main international airport serving Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. It is located in Sigtuna Municipality, north of Stockholm and nearly southeast of Uppsala. The airport is located within Stockholm County. Arlanda is the largest airport in Sweden and the third-largest airport in the Nordic countries. The airport is the major gateway to international air travel for large parts of Sweden. Arlanda Airport was used by nearly 27 million passengers in 2017, with 21.2 million international passengers and 5.5 million domestic. The facility covers an expanse of about of airport property. Stockholm Arlanda serves as a major hub for Scandinavian Airlines and Norwegian Air Shuttle. Stockholm Arlanda Airport is the larger of Stockholm's two airports. The other, Stockholm Bromma Airport, is located 7 km (4.3 mi) northwest of central Stockholm, but can be used only by smaller aircraft. Two further airports outside of Stockholm County are also includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nynäshamn Station
Nynäshamn is a locality and the seat of Nynäshamn Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 13,510 inhabitants in 2010. While interest in the area as a potentially useful port grew from the mid-19th century, it was only with the opening of the railway station to Stockholm in 1901 that Nynäshamn started to develop. During the early 20th Century, Nynäshamn also became well known as a spa town, though most such facilities were closed down before the end of World War I. Main industries arrived through Telegrafverkets verkstäder (the factories of the Government owned telephone company) in 1916Bo i Nynashamn "Det började för 6500 år sedan" Retrieved on 2009-04-24. and an oil refinery built in 1928-29 by [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tram
A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some include segments on segregated Right-of-way (property access), right-of-way. The tramlines or tram networks operated as public transport are called tramways or simply trams/streetcars. Because of their close similarities, trams are commonly included in the wider term ''light rail'', which also includes systems separated from other traffic. Tram vehicles are usually lighter and shorter than Main line (railway), main line and rapid transit trains. Most trams use electrical power, usually fed by a Pantograph (transport), pantograph sliding on an overhead line; older systems may use a trolley pole or a bow collector. In some cases, a contact shoe on a third rail is used. If necessary, they may have dual power systems—electricity in city stre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tvärbanan
Tvärbanan () is a light-rail, light rail line in Stockholm, Sweden, which runs largely in a semicircle south, west and north around central Stockholm - crosswise to the otherwise radial Stockholm Metro, metro and Stockholm commuter rail, commuter rail lines of Stockholm. It links together several transit lines through its connections with the southern, western and northern metro branches of the Stockholm Metro (''Tunnelbana'') as well as three branches of the Stockholm commuter rail (''Pendeltåg''). The ability to travel between southern, western and northern greater Stockholm without having to enter the city centre significantly reduces the number of transit passengers, also reducing the number of trains having to pass through Gamla stan, Gamla Stan bottleneck during peak hours. The tramway is separated from roads in most parts, but there are sections in Gröndal, Sundbyberg and Solna Municipality, Solna where the tracks run on roads among regular road traffic. In Hammarby sj� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BÃ¥lsta Station
Bålsta is a locality and the seat of Håbo Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 13,138 inhabitants in 2015. Although not in Stockholm County, it has Bålsta Station, the north-western terminus of the Stockholm suburban rail system. Many inhabitants commute to Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately .... The travel time is 40 minutes by suburban train, and less than 30 minutes by commuter-or intercity rail. Lasse Åberg, a famous Swedish actor, musician and artist, lives in Bålsta and has opened a museum there. Even though Bålsta's relatively small size, there are many organizations and activity-centers in the town, such as a hockey-arena hosting the team Bålsta HC. It also has a mall with several stores. Famous people from Bålsta * Martin Björk, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nynäshamn
Nynäshamn is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Nynäshamn Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 13,510 inhabitants in 2010. While interest in the area as a potentially useful port grew from the mid-19th century, it was only with the opening of the Nynäshamn Station, railway station to Stockholm in 1901 that Nynäshamn started to develop. During the early 20th Century, Nynäshamn also became well known as a spa town, though most such facilities were closed down before the end of World War I. Main industries arrived through Televerket (Sweden), Telegrafverkets verkstäder (the factories of the Government owned telephone company) in 1916Bo i Nynashamn "Det började för 6500 år sedan" Retrieved on 2009-04-24. and an oil refinery bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
