Västra skogen metro station
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| Location | Huvudsta, Solna | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 59°20′51″N 18°0′14″E / 59.34750°N 18.00389°ECoordinates: 59°20′51″N 18°0′14″E / 59.34750°N 18.00389°E | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Storstockholms Lokaltrafik | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 31 August 1975 | ||||||||||||||
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Västra skogen (Swedish: The Western Forest) is a station on the Blue Line of the Stockholm metro, in Huvudsta, Solna Municipality. The station was opened on 31 August 1975. It features the longest escalator in western Europe, 66 meters and with a vertical rise of 33 meters.[1] This part of Huvudsta was earlier called Ingentingskogen (The Nothing Forest) after a small farm called Ingenting; the name Ingenting (Nothing) was suggested as a name for the new station, but rejected.
The station has three platforms, one for trains towards Hjulsta and Akalla, and two platforms towards Kungsträdgården, to allow trains from the two branches of the line to wait in the station before the two lines merge beyond the station.
Gallery
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Entrance
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Platform and train
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Platform stairs
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Entrance detail
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Station's artwork
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Escalators
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Area with the station from the bird's view
References
- ↑ Städje, Jörgen (18 October 2009). "Rulltrappor – så funkar de (in Swedish)". IDG News Service. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.