Skanstull metro station

Skanstull
Stockholm metro station
The station platform in August 2011
Coordinates	59°18′28″N 18°04′33″E / 59.30778°N 18.07583°ECoordinates: 59°18′28″N 18°04′33″E / 59.30778°N 18.07583°E
Owned by	Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
Platforms	Centre platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	1 October 1933
Rebuilt	1950
Previous names	Ringvägen (1933-1950)
Services
Preceding station   Stockholm metro   Following station Medborgarplatsen toward Åkeshov T17 line Gullmarsplan toward Skarpnäck Medborgarplatsen toward Alvik T18 line Gullmarsplan toward Farsta strand Medborgarplatsen toward Hässelby Strand T19 line Gullmarsplan toward Hagsätra
Location

Skanstull metro station is a station on the green line of the Stockholm metro, located in Södermalm, central Stockholm. The station was originally an underground tram-stop from 1933 called Ringvägen but became a stop on the first metro line (from Slussen south to Hökarängen) on 1 October 1950 after it was remodelled to full metro standard.^[1] The distance to Slussen is 1.2 km.

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  The entrance of Ringvägen tram station in 1933

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  Ringvägen station platform in 1935

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  The entrance of Skanstull metro station in 1957

References

1. http://www.kynerd.net/Tunnelbanan/Skanstull.html

External links

Media related to Skanstull Metro station at Wikimedia Commons

• Images of Skanstull by Thomas Flachsbinder