| Stockholm Central Station | |
| Stockholm Central Station | |
| Location | |
| Place | Stockholm |
| Municipality | Stockholm |
| Line(s) | Ostkustbanan Västra stambanan |
| Elevation | 3 m |
| Service | |
| Opened | 1871 1957 (T-Centralen) |
| Architect | Adolf W. Edelsvärd |
| Platforms | 17 |
| Owner | Jernhusen |
| Line operator(s) | Arlanda Express Stockholmståg SJ Veolia Transport |
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Stockholm Central Station (Swedish: Stockholms centralstation, Stockholm C) is the largest railway station in Sweden. The station is situated in the district of Norrmalm at Vasagatan/Central Plan. Opened July 18, 1871, the station is the largest in Sweden, with over 200,000 visitors daily.[1] Of them are about 170,000 travellers (105,000 with commuter trains, 25,000 with Arlanda Express and 40,000 with other trains).
In front of the central station stands a statue of Nils Ericson.
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The station was built between 1867 and 1871 with Adolf W. Edelsvärd as the architect. Until 1925 the tracks led in to the station but during a renovation 1925-1927 the tracks were moved to the west and the former track hall was converted into a 119 meter long, 28 meter wide and 13 meter high waiting hall. During the renovation the station was extended to the south through the construction of the southern pavilion. Today this part of the station houses a conference facility. Next to the conference facility is the Royal waiting hall where the Royal Family waits when travelling by train.
In 1951 the façade towards Vasagatan was changed and given a more simplified look. In 1958 an underground passage to T-Centralen was opened.
The station consists of two parts:
On level with the Northern Railway Square are service depots for long-distance and regional trains. Trains arriving from the south and turning back from the central station, after passengers continuing northwards have disembarked, continue to the service depots where they are cleaned and have their supplies refilled. Then they continue back via tracks 10 to 12. Long-distance trains from tracks 4 to 8 are services in the same way near the Northern Railway Square.
The Stockholm Central station is the busiest station on the Stockholm commuter rail, with about 53 thousand people boarding the trains and about as many disembarking every weekday (as of 2005). The commuter rail uses two platforms and tracks 13 to 16. Each platform has entries with entry gates from the lower level and a ticket sales office on the upper level with an entry from Klarabergsviadukten.
The commuter trains go on their own tracks along Ostkustbanan via Tomteboda, and after Karlberg Station they go underneath the other tracks to avoid conflict with long-distance and regional trains. After the centre, they join the Stockholm connection railway to the south, which has had two tracks since 1871. In 2006, a decision was finally made to construct Citybanan, a new track in a tunnel, and Stockholm City Station, a new station for commuter trains below T-Centralen. The construction was started in January 2009 and will probably be finished in 2017.
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| Terminus |
toward Arlanda North
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