Hammarby Depot is a

depot Depot may refer to: Places * Depot, Poland, a village * Depot Glacier (disambiguation) * Depot Island (disambiguation) * Depot Nunatak * Depot Peak Brands and enterprises * Maxwell Street Depot, a restaurant in Chicago, United States * Of ...

for maintenance of the Stockholm Metro and the infrastructure of

Storstockholms Lokaltrafik Storstockholms Lokaltrafik known as SL, () is the public transport organisation responsible for managing land-based public transport in Stockholm County, Sweden. SL oversees a network that includes the Stockholm Metro, ''Tunnelbana'' metro, Stock ...

, 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 north ...

, Stockholm County. The 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 opene ...

. It started operations in the 1940s, when

Stockholms Spårvägar Stockholms Spårvägar (, abbreviated SS) is a Swedish public transport company that is contracted to operate various tram and rail services in the Stockholm area. Founded in 1987 by the Svenska Spårvägssällskapet (the Swedish Tramway Socie ...

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 The ...

and

Slussen Slussen (') is an area in Stockholm, Sweden, located at the northern edge of Södermalm, adjacent to Gamla stan. It is known for its locks system between Lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea, as well as its historic role as a major transport int ...

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 Railway depots