Ropsten (Stockholm's tunnelbana)

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Ropsten
Logo-Stockholm-TU-Bahn.svg
Stockholm Metro Station
Ropsten
The station
Basic data
District Hjorthagen
Opened 1967
Tracks (platform) 4 ( central platform )
Coordinates 59 ° 21 '26 "  N , 18 ° 6' 6"  E Coordinates: 59 ° 21 '26 "  N , 18 ° 6' 6"  E
use
Stretch) Röda linjen
Line (s) T13
Switching options Bus
Lidingöbanan L21
Passengers approx. 18,000 per day

Ropsten is an above-ground station on the Stockholm Metro . It is located in Stockholm 's Hjorthagen district and is the terminus of the T13 underground line on Röda linjen and the L21 suburban tram line ( Lidingöbanan ). The central location makes the station one of the busiest stations on the underground network. On a normal working day, 18,000 commuters get on and off here, 15,000 of them in the Tunnelbana and 3,000 in the Lidingöbanan.

The station went into operation on September 2, 1967, when the section of Röda linjen between Östermalmstorg and Ropsten was inaugurated. The 4 tracks, which are located on two central platforms, are above ground in an elevated position. It is around 4.5 km to Stockholm Central Station . The Lidingöbanan has its starting point in Ropsten, it runs from the Tunnelbanastation on over the almost one kilometer long Lidingöbron , which spans the Lilla Värtan strait .

Web links

Commons : Ropsten Metro station  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. Facts about SL from 2006: Tunnelbana - påstigande ( Memento of the original from November 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 952 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / sl.se
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