Vårberg metro station
Vårberg is a station in the Stockholm metro in the neighbourhood Vårberg in Söderort, Stockholm Municipality. The station was opened on 2 December 1967 as the south terminus of an extension from Skärholmen. On 1 October 1972, the line was extended to Fittja.[2] Vårberg is part of Line 13 of the Red Line. The distance to Slussen is 12.6 km.
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| Stockholm metro station | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 59°16′33″N 17°53′27″E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Storstockholms Lokaltrafik | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 2 December 1967 | ||||||||||
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| 2018 | 8,200 boarding per weekday[1] | ||||||||||
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As part of Art in the Stockholm metro project, the station features ceramic wall works entitled In our hands, created by Maria Ängquist Klyvare in 1996.[3]
References
- "Fakta om SL och länet 2018" (PDF) (in Swedish). Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. p. 51. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- Schwandl, Robert. "Stockholm". urbanrail.
- "Art in the Stockholm metro" (PDF). Stockholm Transport. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
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