Location Huvudsta, Solna Opened 31 August 1975 | Address 171 61 Solna, Sweden | |
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Owned by Storstockholms Lokaltrafik Owner Storstockholms Lokaltrafik Similar Solna centrum metro stat, Stadshagen metro station, Solna strand metro stat, Kungsträdgården metro station, Näckrosen metro station | ||
Old kone elevator v stra skogen metro station feat hissen12
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. It features the longest escalator in western Europe, 66 meters and with a vertical rise of 33 meters. 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.
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