Gothenburg central station
| Gothenburg C | |
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 The station building and the station forecourt
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| Data | |
| Design | Terminus |
| Platform tracks | 16 |
| opening | October 4, 1858 |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Gothenburg |
| province | Västra Götalands län |
| Country | Sweden |
| Coordinates | 57 ° 42 ′ 34 " N , 11 ° 58 ′ 27" E |
| Railway lines | |
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Railway Gothenburg – Lund |
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| List of train stations in Sweden | |
Göteborgs centralstation or Göteborg C is the main train station of the Swedish city of Gothenburg . It is the country's second largest train station after Stockholm Central Station and is used by 40,000 travelers every day. The station is a terminal station with 16 tracks and was opened on October 4, 1858. Trains run from Gothenburg C to Oslo , Stockholm , Malmö and Copenhagen . Furthermore, all major cities in Sweden are served from here.
The architect of the station building was the chief architect of the Statens Järnvägars arkitektkontor ( German architectural office of the State Railways ) Adolf Wilhelm Edelsvärd . In 1978 the world's first electronic interlocking from Ericsson Signal was installed here.
Among other things, there is the S-Bahn- like Pendeltåg , which connects Gothenburg with the surrounding area. In addition, the high-speed train travels X2000 of the Swedish State Railways from Gothenburg to Stockholm and Malmo. The Öresundståg transport company provides an international connection , which runs from Gothenburg to Copenhagen in Denmark via the Öresund connection .
As part of the Västlänken project ( connection to the west ), two underground through tracks are to be built as part of an eight-kilometer tunnel under the city to complement the terminal station.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Roman Deininger: Gothenburg's message: This is how the station works . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . September 14, 2013, p. V2 / 3 .