Stockholm commuter rail

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Commuter train in Stockholm.
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Commuter train in Stockholm.
The new type X60
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The new type X60

Stockholm commuter rail or Stockholms pendeltåg is the commuter rail system in Stockholm County, Sweden. There are 51 stations on the lines, of which two are outside Stockholm County, Bålsta in Uppsala County and Gnesta in Södermanland County.

A new station, Årstaberg, was opened on January 9, 2006 between Älvsjö and Stockholms södra, providing an interchange option with the Tvärbanan light rail.

There are also plans for a new tunnel, Citybanan, beneath central Stockholm that will alleviate the current bottleneck south of the central station. The tunnel will go between Stockholms Södra station and Tomteboda, with new stations at central Stockholm and Odenplan, and abandoning the stations Karlberg and Stockholm central station from commuter rail use. The construction of the tunnel will begin in 2006 and is expected to be finished by 2011.

[edit] Lines

There are three lines in the Stockholm commuter rail system, two long lines across the county in southwest-north (SödertäljeMärsta) and south-northwest (NynäshamnBålsta) directions, both through central Stockholm, and a shorter one in southwest between Gnesta and Södertälje.

Line Stretch Length Stations
P35 BålstaNynäshamn – (Nynäshamns färjeterminal) 28
P36 MärstaSödertälje 24
P37 SödertäljeGnesta 6
Total ≈ 200 km 51

[edit] Main interchange options

  • Bålsta
    • Long distance railway routes and other regional railways.
  • Sundbyberg
  • Karlberg
    • Between the northern branches of commuter rail lines 35 and 36
  • Stockholm central station
    • All Stockholm Metro lines
  • Årstaberg
  • Älvsjö
    • Between the southern branches of commuter rail lines 35 and 36
  • Flemingsberg
    • Between commuter train and longdistance train on the commmuter line Stockholm to Södertälje
  • Farsta strand
    • Stockholm Metro green line 18
  • Södertälje hamn
    • Between the commuter rail lines 36 and 37

It is also possible to interchange with long distance trains from the stations Stockholm central station, Bålsta, Sundbyberg, Flemingsberg (Stockholm syd) and Södertälje syd.

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