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The Stockholm Metro (Swedish: Stockholms tunnelbana) is a rapid transit system in Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden. Its first line opened in 1950 as the first metro line in the Nordic countries. Today, the system consists of three lines and 100 stations, of which 47 are underground and 53 above ground.
Central Stockholm and Old Town. Metropolitan Stockholm (also known as Greater Stockholm or, in Swedish, Storstockholm), is a metropolitan area surrounding the Swedish capital of Stockholm. Since 2005, Metropolitan Stockholm is defined by official Swedish Statistics as all of Stockholm County. [5]
Trams in Stockholm (Stockholms Spårvägar) Stockholm: Horse 10 Jul 1877 10 Feb 1905 [1] Steam 11 Aug 1887 15 Nov 1901 [1] Petrol 14 Apr 1924 1 Mar 1929 One line over Gärdet, where wires were not allowed. [1] Electric 5 Sep 1901 1967 [1] Note for Stockholm: Two systems, north and south, were connected at Slussen on 1 Apr 1922. The system was ...
The Stockholm tramway network forms part of the public transport system in Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden. Beginning with horse trams in 1877, the Stockholm tram network reached its largest extent in 1946. Many of the former suburban tram lines became parts of the Stockholm Metro between the years 1950-1964.
Storstockholms Lokaltrafik known as SL, [1] (Greater Stockholm Local Transport) [2] is the public transport organisation responsible for managing land-based public transport in Stockholm County, Sweden. SL oversees a network that includes the Tunnelbana metro, Pendeltåg commuter trains, buses, trams, local rail, and some ferry services.
Unlike the later metro lines, the underground section of the Green Line in the city centre was built in relatively shallow tunnels, and therefore the line has few of the Stockholm metro's trademark deep-level stations hewn from the bare rock, with most of its underground stations having concrete linings. [7]
This is a list of stations on the Stockholm Metro rapid transit system of Stockholm, Sweden.. Stations in bold are transfer stations; while lines may share many stations, only stations where lines cross, or stations where lines diverge (such as when Lines 17 and 18 go separate ways) are considered transfer stations.
In a wider historical context, Stockholm can be thought of as the capital of the Lake Mälaren Region, and as such can trace its origin back to at least two much older cities: Birka (c. 790–975) and Sigtuna, which still exists but dominated the region c. 1000–1240 — a capital which has simply been relocated at a number of occasions.