Akalla metro station
Akalla is a station in the Stockholm metro in the Akalla district of Stockholm. The station was opened on 5 June 1977 as the northern terminus of the extension of the Blue line from Hallonbergen.[2] This is the final stop on Line 11 of the Blue Line.
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| Stockholm metro station | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 59°24′52″N 17°54′52″E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Storstockholms Lokaltrafik | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Island platform | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 5 June 1977 | ||||||||||
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| 2018 | 5,900 boarding per weekday[1] (metro) | ||||||||||
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As part of Art in the Stockholm metro project, the station features an ochre colored grotto. The work includes ceramic pictures illustrating the ideals, daily life, leisure and work of all people, created by Birgit Ståhl-Nyberg in 1977.[3]
References
- "Fakta om SL och länet 2018" (PDF) (in Swedish). Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. p. 51. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- Schwandl, Robert. "Stockholm". urbanrail.
- "Art in the Stockholm metro" (PDF). Stockholm Transport. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2008. Retrieved September 10, 2008.
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