Vårberg metro station
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| Coordinates | 59°16′33″N 17°53′27″E / 59.2758333333°N 17.8908333333°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 37.6 m (123 ft) above sea level | ||||||||||
| System | Stockholm metro station | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Storstockholms Lokaltrafik | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | VÅB | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 2 December 1967 | ||||||||||
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| 2019 | 8,100 boarding per weekday[1] | ||||||||||
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Vårberg (lit. 'Spring Hill') is a station on Line 13 of the Red line of the Stockholm Metro, located in the Vårberg neighbourhood in Söderort, Stockholm Municipality. The station opened on 2 December 1967 as the southern terminus of an extension from Skärholmen. On 1 October 1972, the line was extended to Fittja.[2] It is 12.6 km (7.8 mi) from Slussen.
As part of Art in the Stockholm Metro project, the station features ceramic wall works titled In Our Hands, created by Maria Ängquist Klyvare in 1996.[3]
References
- ^ "Fakta om SL och regionen 2019" (PDF) (in Swedish). Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. p. 51. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ 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.