Åkeshov metro station

Åkeshov
Stockholm Metro Station
Station statistics
Structure At grade
Platforms Island platform
Tracks 3
Other information
Opened 1952
Services
Preceding station   Stockholm Metro   Following station
Terminus T17 line
toward Skarpnäck
T19 line
toward Hagsätra

Åkeshov is a station in the Stockholm Metro. The station was opened in 1952, and this is the final stop on Line 17 of the Green Line.[1]

As part of Art in the Stockholm Metro project, the station features a bronze sculpture in the ticket hall symbolizing non-violence, and was created by Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd in 1998.[2]

References

  1. ^ Alfredsson, Björn; Bernt, Roland; Harlén, Hans (2007). Stockholm Under. Brombergs Bokförlag. p. 58. ISBN 978-91-7337-051-6. 
  2. ^ "Art in the Stockholm Metro". Stockholm Transport. http://sl.se/Upload/eng_text/uploads/Art_in_Stockholm_metro.pdf. Retrieved 2008-09-10.