Gubbängen metro station explained

Gubbängen
Symbol:metro
Symbol Location:stockholm
Type:Stockholm metro station
Style:Stockholm metro
Structure:At grade
Platform:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Accessible:Yes
Code:GUÄ
Owned:Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
Passengers:4,400 boarding per weekday[1]
Pass Year:2019

Gubbängen metro station is on the Green Line (Line 18) of the Stockholm metro, located in Gubbängen, Söderort. The station was inaugurated on 1 October 1950 as part of the inaugural stretch of Stockholm metro between Slussen and Hökarängen.[2] The distance to Slussen is .

The station was put into use on October 1, 1950, when the subway line Slussen–Hökarängen was inaugurated. Towards the south, the track is led on a viaduct over Gubbängsfältet.

The station has an outdoor platform along Lingvägen and Gubbängstorget. The entrance is reached via an underpass either from Herrhagsvägen or from Gubbängstorget / Knektvägen.

The artistic decoration consists of the work Guardians, two bronze sculptures by Ragnhild Alexandersson, from 1994.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fakta om SL och regionen 2019 . . 51 . Swedish . 29 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201227192823/https://www.sll.se/globalassets/2.-kollektivtrafik/fakta-om-sl-och-lanet/sl_och_regionen_2019.pdf . 27 December 2020 . live.
  2. Web site: Schwandl . Robert . Stockholm . urbanrail.