Vällingby is a station on the
Green line of the
Stockholm metro. It is located in the district of
Vällingby
Vällingby () is a suburban district in Västerort, the western part of Stockholm Municipality, Sweden. It is notable for being one of the first modern planned suburbs in Sweden. Vällingby was inaugurated in 1954 as part of Stockholm's post-war ...
, which is part of the borough of
Hässelby-Vällingby
Hässelby-Vällingby is a Boroughs of Stockholm, borough (''stadsdelsområde'') in the western part of Stockholm, Sweden.
It is primarily made up of Hässelby (Hässelby Gård, Gård, Hässelby Strand, Strand, Hässelby Villastad, Villastad) and V� ...
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 (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...
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.
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As part of ''Art in the Stockholm metro'' project, the station features concrete trees on the platforms, created by Casimir Djuric in 1983.][
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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 in Sweden opened in 1952
1950s establishments in Stockholm
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