Stockholm City Station
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Stockholm City Station is a railway station which is under construction in downtown Stockholm
, Sweden
. Scheduled to open in 2017, the station is located on the Stockholm City Line and will be located directly below T-Centralen
, the central station of the Stockholm Metro
, and with interchange with Stockholm Central Station
. The station will serve all Stockholm Commuter Rail
trains.
, which will be common for the commuter rail and metro, and the other at Centralplan beside Scandic Continental. The station will be located between 35 and 40 m (114.8 and 131.2 ) below ground level. At ground level, the station will have a glass facade to allow as much sunlight as possible to penetrate down to the track level. An ascent from the station will be built to the metro's Green Line platforms towards Hagsätra, Skarpnäck and Farsta, and the Red Line's platforms towards Mörby and Ropsten.
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. Scheduled to open in 2017, the station is located on the Stockholm City Line and will be located directly below T-Centralen
T-Centralen
T-Centralen is a metro station that forms the heart of the Stockholm Metro system, in the sense that it is the only station where all three of the system's lines meet...
, the central station of the Stockholm Metro
Stockholm Metro
The Stockholm Metro is a metro system in Stockholm, Sweden. The first line opened in 1950, and today the system has 100 stations in use, of which 47 are underground and 53 above ground. There are seven lines numbered from 10 to 19, in three groups identified by a color: the Green, Red and Blue lines...
, and with interchange with Stockholm Central Station
Stockholm Central Station
Stockholm Central Station is the largest railway station in Sweden. The station is situated in the district of Norrmalm at Vasagatan/Central Plan. Opened July 18, 1871, the station is the largest in Sweden, with over 200,000 visitors daily...
. The station will serve all Stockholm Commuter Rail
Stockholm commuter rail
Stockholm Commuter Rail is the commuter rail system in Stockholm County, Sweden. The system is an important part of the public transport in Stockholm, and is controlled by Stockholm Transport; the trains are operated under contract by Stockholmståg...
trains.
Facilities
The station will be located directly below T-Centralen, and will allow quicker transfer between metro and commuter rail than the current solution, with the commuter trains stopping at the central station. City will have two entrances, which will be common with the metro station. One exits at Vasaplan in with access to the Arlanda ExpressArlanda Express
Arlanda Express is an airport rail link connecting Stockholm Central Station with Stockholm-Arlanda Airport outside Stockholm, Sweden. Operated by A-Train AB, the trip takes 20 minutes and runs four to six times per hour using seven X3 electric multiple units...
, which will be common for the commuter rail and metro, and the other at Centralplan beside Scandic Continental. The station will be located between 35 and 40 m (114.8 and 131.2 ) below ground level. At ground level, the station will have a glass facade to allow as much sunlight as possible to penetrate down to the track level. An ascent from the station will be built to the metro's Green Line platforms towards Hagsätra, Skarpnäck and Farsta, and the Red Line's platforms towards Mörby and Ropsten.