| Arlanda Central Station | |
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Entrance from Terminal 5 |
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| Station statistics | |
| Lines | Arlanda Line |
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| Opened | 1999 |
| Owned by | A-Train |
Arlanda Central Station (Swedish: Arlanda centralstation) or Arlanda C is a railway station on the Arlanda Line serving Stockholm-Arlanda Airport in Sweden, and is served by regional and intercity trains operated by SJ and Tågkompaniet, as well as the suburban train Upptåget, which can be used to reach Stockholm (changing at Upplands Väsby) in 35 min.
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Arlanda C is one of three train stations at Arlanda, the other two being Arlanda North Station and Arlanda South Station, both which are exclusively served by the Arlanda Express. Arlanda C is located directly under SkyCity, which is between terminal 4 and 5,[1] and is 39 kilometres (24 mi) from Stockholm Central Station. It is located in a 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) long tunnel, which is the longest in Sweden.[2]
Upptåget operates a commuter train service towards Upplands Väsby and Uppsala, with onwards connections to Tierp and Gävle. This service operates every 30 minutes, and travel time to Uppsala is 20 minutes. At Upplands Väsby, located 8 minutes, allows transfer to the Stockholm Commuter Rail.[1]. This gives a travel time of 35 minutes to central Stockholm at a price of 100 SEK (60 SEK with a travelcard), making this arguably the most cost effective transport from the airport.
The station is also served by 70 daily regional and long-distance trains operated by SJ. The Gävle - Stockholm - Linköping regional route provides an indirect rail connection to Stockholm Skavsta Airport through Nyköping C, which has local bus connection to the airport, travel time being 100 min.
SJ operates northbound X2000 trains from Stockholm, which may continue southwards to destinations in Southern Sweden. Tågkompaniet operates a weekend regional service from Gävle to Stockholm.[1]
Plans for a railway line from the city center of Stockholm to the airport started in the early 1990s. Policy-makers wanted to allow the airport to grow without increasing the road traffic to the airport, and decided to build a railway. The project involved building a branch from the existing East Coast Line from Rosersberg and back at Odensala. Financing was secured by introducing Sweden's first public–private partnership, whereby a private consortium would be granted a 40-year permit to operate the line in exchange for all direct traffic and the right to collect usage fees from other train companies. The contract was won by A-Train in 1994, which started construction in 1995 and completed the line and station in 1999.[3]