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Stockholm Metro
A C20 train on line 17 at Hötorget station
A C20 train on line 17 at Hötorget station
A C6 train on line 14 near Gamla stan
A C6 train on line 14 near Gamla stan
Overview
Native nameStockholms tunnelbana
OwnerRegion Stockholm
LocaleStockholm, Sweden
Transit typeRapid transit
Number of lines7
Number of stations100[1]
Daily ridership1 265 900 (2019)[2]
Annual ridership462 million (2019)[2]
WebsiteSL Official Site (in English)
Operation
Began operation30 September 1933 (as premetro)
1 October 1950 (as metro)
Operator(s)MTR
Train length140 metres (459 ft 4 in)
Technical
System length105.7 km (65.7 mi)[1]
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification650–750 V DC third rail[a]
Top speed80 km/h (50 mph)

The Stockholm Metro (Swedish: Stockholms tunnelbana) is a rapid transit system in Stockholm, Sweden. The first line opened in 1950 as the first metro line in the Nordic countries, and today the system has 100 stations in use,[1] of which 47 are underground and 53 above ground. There are three coloured lines, as shown on the tube maps, which form seven numbered routes with different termini. Routes numbered 17, 18 and 19 (green line), 13 and 14 (red line) and 10 and 11 (blue line) all go through the centre of the city, resulting in a very centralized system. All three lines and seven routes interchange at T-Centralen station. Apart from this, there are three other interchange between lines, at Fridhemsplan, Slussen and Gamla stan stations.

The metro is equipped with ticket gates. Single tickets may be bought in advance, typically in privately owned smaller shops, on the web, or at ticket machines that are available in all underground stations and on several tram, bus, or boat stops. Tickets are also available at the ticket booth by the gates to the metro, or passengers can use contactless payment with any Visa, Mastercard or American Express payment card.[3]

In 2019, the metro carried 462 million passengers, which corresponds to 1.265,9 million in a normal weekday.[4] The 105.7-kilometre-long (65.7 mi) metro system[1] is owned by the Stockholm County Council through the company Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL). The operation has been contracted to MTR since 2 November 2009.

The Stockholm metro system has been called 'the world’s longest art gallery',[5] with more than 90 of the network's 100 stations decorated with sculptures, rock formations, mosaics, paintings, installations, engravings and reliefs by over 150 different artists. As of 2024, the Stockholm Metro is the only metro system in Sweden; Gothenburg seriously studied the idea of converting its tram system into a metro in the 1960s, but abandoned said idea after it was deemed prohibitively expensive to tunnel under the city's soils, which are partially made up of clay.

  1. ^ a b c d "SL Annual Report 2006" (PDF). Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL). 21 June 2007. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Hållbarhetsredovisning 2017, året i korthet" (in Swedish). MTR Nordic. 2018. Archived from the original on 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Contactless transit payments launched across Stockholm".
  4. ^ [1], p. 67
  5. ^ "Stockholm Metro: The World's Longest Art Gallery". twistedsifter.com. 7 May 2012.


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