Västra skogen metro station

59°20′51″N 18°0′14″E / 59.34750°N 18.00389°E / 59.34750; 18.00389Elevation3.3 m (11 ft) under sea levelOwned byStorstockholms LokaltrafikPlatforms2Tracks3ConstructionStructure typeUndergroundDepth40 m (130 ft)AccessibleYesOther informationStation codeVÄSHistoryOpened31 August 1975; 48 years ago (31 August 1975)Passengers20197,850 boarding per weekday^[1] Services

Preceding station	Stockholm metro			Following station
Stadshagen towards Kungsträdgården		Line 10		Huvudsta towards Hjulsta
		Line 11		Solna centrum towards Akalla

Location

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Legend
to Solna centrum to Huvudsta 1 2 3 Västra skogen to Stadshagen

Västra skogen (Swedish: The Western Forest) is a station on the Blue Line of the Stockholm metro, in Huvudsta, Solna Municipality. The station was opened on 31 August 1975 as part the first stretch of the Blue Line between T-Centralen and Hjulsta. The trains were running via Hallonbergen and Rinkeby. On 18 August 1985 the extension to Rinkeby was opened, and the stretch between Hallonbergen and Rinkeby was closed for passenger traffic.^[2] It features one of the longest escalators in western Europe, 66 meters and with a vertical rise of 33 meters.^[3] This part of Huvudsta was earlier called Ingentingskogen (The Nothing Forest) after a small farm called Ingenting; the name Ingenting (Nothing) was suggested as a name for the new station, but rejected.

The station has three platforms, one for trains towards Hjulsta and Akalla, and two platforms towards Kungsträdgården, to allow trains from the two branches of the line to wait in the station before the two lines merge beyond the station.

Gallery

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  Entrance
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  Platform and train
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  Platform stairs
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  Entrance detail
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  Station's artwork
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  Escalators
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  Bird's eye view of the station

References

External links

• Images of Västra skogen