Åkeshov metro station

Stockholm Metro station
59°20′31″N 17°55′26″E / 59.34194°N 17.92389°E / 59.34194; 17.92389Platforms2 island platformsTracks3ConstructionStructure typeAt gradeDepth0 m (0 ft)AccessibleYesOther informationStation codeÅKHHistoryOpened26 October 1952; 71 years ago (26 October 1952)Passengers20192,450 boarding per weekday[1] Services
Preceding station Stockholm metro Following station
Terminus Line 17 Brommaplan
towards Skarpnäck
Ängbyplan Line 19 Brommaplan
towards Hagsätra
Location

Åkeshov is a station on the Green line of the Stockholm metro. It is located in the borough of Bromma in the west of the city of Stockholm. The station is at ground level, has two island platforms flanking three through tracks, and is one of the intermediate termini along the northern section of the Green line, with line 17 trains normally terminating. Access is by way of a pedestrian underpass that passes under both the metro line and the adjacent Bergslagsvägen street.[2][3][4]

The station lies on the route of a line known as the Ängbybanan [sv] that formerly linked Alvik and Islandstorget. The Ängbybanan was designed and built for use by the future metro, but was operated from 1944 as part of line 11 of the Stockholm tramway. Åkeshov station was inaugurated as part of the metro on 26 October 1952 with the conversion of the Ängbybanan and its extension to form the metro line between Hötorget and Vällingby.[2][5]

As part of Art in the Stockholm metro project, the station features a bronze sculpture in the ticket hall symbolizing non-violence. The sculpture was created by Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd in 1998.[6]

Gallery

  • Entrance on the north side of Bergslagsvägen, 2018
    Entrance on the north side of Bergslagsvägen, 2018
  • Entrance on the south side of the station, 2021
    Entrance on the south side of the station, 2021
  • Station interior, 2018
    Station interior, 2018
  • Sculpture Non-Violence, 2018
    Sculpture Non-Violence, 2018
  • Twin platforms with terminating train, 2018
    Twin platforms with terminating train, 2018

References

  1. ^ "Fakta om SL och regionen 2019" (PDF) (in Swedish). Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. p. 51. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b Schwandl, Robert. "Stockholm". urbanrail. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  3. ^ Alfredsson, Björn; Bernt, Roland; Harlén, Hans (2007). Stockholm Under. Brombergs Bokförlag. p. 58. ISBN 978-91-7337-051-6.
  4. ^ "Åkeshov". Google maps. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  5. ^ Jacobson, Per (1998). En spårväg till Bromma [A tramway to Bromma] (in Swedish). Oslo: Baneforlaget. ISBN 82-91448-25-6.
  6. ^ "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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