Vällingby metro station

Vällingby is a station in the Stockholm metro, located in the suburban district of Vällingby in Västerort Stockholm Municipality, Sweden. The station is part of Line 19 of the Green Line. It was opened on 26 October 1952 as the west terminus of the stretch from Hötorget as provisional station and opened as a permanent station on 6 April 1954. On 1 November 1956 the line was extended further west to Hässelby gård.[1]

Vällingby
Stockholm metro station
Coordinates59°21′50″N 17°52′14″E
Owned byStorstockholms Lokaltrafik
Platforms2 Island Platforms
Tracks3
History
Opened26 October 1952
Services
Preceding station   Stockholm metro   Following station
toward Hässelby Strand
T19 line
toward Hagsätra
T18 line
Location

As part of Art in the Stockholm metro project, the station features concrete trees on the platforms, created by Casimir Djuric in 1983.[2]

References

  1. Schwandl, Robert. "Stockholm". urbanrail.
  2. "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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