Stockholm Metro

Stockholm Metro
A C20 train on line 17 at Hötorget station
A C6 train on line 14 near Gamla stan
Overview
Native name	Stockholms tunnelbana
Owner	Region Stockholm
Locale	Stockholm, Sweden
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	7
Number of stations	100[1]
Daily ridership	1 265 900 (2019)[2]
Annual ridership	462 million (2019)[2]
Website	SL Official Site (in English)
Operation
Began operation	30 September 1933 (as premetro) 1 October 1950 (as metro)
Operator(s)	MTR
Train length	140 metres (459 ft 4 in)
Technical
System length	105.7 km (65.7 mi)[1]
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	650–750 V DC third rail[a]
Top speed	80 km/h (50 mph)
System map Legend  10  Hjulsta Tensta Akalla  11  Rinkeby Husby Rissne Kista Duvbo Kymlinge Sundbybergs centrum Hallonbergen Solna strand Näckrosen Huvudsta Solna centrum  19  Hässelby strand Västra skogen Hässelby gård Stadshagen Johannelund Vällingby Mörby centrum  14  Råcksta Danderyds sjukhus Blackeberg Bergshamra Islandstorget Universitetet Ängbyplan Tekniska högskolan  17  Åkeshov Stadion Brommaplan Abrahamsberg Ropsten  13  Stora mossen Gärdet  18  Alvik Karlaplan Kristineberg Thorildsplan Östermalmstorg Fridhemsplan Sankt Eriksplan Odenplan Rådhuset Rådmansgatan Hötorget T-Centralen Kungsträdgården  10   11  Gamla stan Slussen Mariatorget Medborgarplatsen Zinkensdamm Skanstull Hornstull Gullmarsplan Liljeholmen Globen Midsommarkransen Enskede gård Telefonplan Sockenplan Hägerstensåsen Svedmyra Västertorp Stureby  14  Fruängen Bandhagen Högdalen Aspudden Rågsved Örnsberg Hagsätra  19  Axelsberg Mälarhöjden Skärmarbrink Bredäng Sätra Hammarbyhöjden Skärholmen Björkhagen Vårberg Kärrtorp Vårby gård Bagarmossen Masmo Skarpnäck  17  Fittja Alby Blåsut Hallunda Sandsborg  13  Norsborg Skogskyrkogården Tallkrogen Gubbängen Hökarängen Farsta Farsta strand  18  This diagram: view talk edit

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.

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