Stockholm metro

Stockholm metro
Stockholm metro
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Info
Locale	Stockholm, Sweden
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	7
Number of stations	100
Daily ridership	898,630 (average, 2013)
Website	SL Official Site (in English)
Operation
Began operation	30 September 1933 (as premetro); 1 October 1950 (as metro)
Operator(s)	MTR Corporation
Train length	140 metres (460 ft)
Technical
System length	105.7 km (65.7 mi)
Track gauge	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Track gauge/data' not found.; (standard gauge)
Top speed	80 km/h (50 mph)

The Stockholm metro (Swedish: Stockholms tunnelbana) is a metro system in Stockholm in Sweden. The first line was opened in 1950. However, underground trams had been used since 1933. The system has 100 stations in use,^[1] 47 of them are underground and 53 above ground. There are three lines (Green, Red and Blue) travelling through Central Stockholm. In the year of 2013 the Stockholm metro cars totally carried 328 million passengers inside.^[2] It corresponds to approximately 898,630 passengers per day.

The 105.7 kilometres (65.7 mi) long metro system^[1] is owned by the Stockholm County Council through Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL). The operation is currently contracted to MTR Corporation.

The Stockholm metro system has been referred to as the"world's longest art gallery",^[3] with more over 90 of the network's 100 stations being decorated with various works of art.

Stockholm Metro Media

Construction of the Södertunneln in 1933
Construction of a section of the metro just north of T-Centralen in 1957
The 1965 Metropolitan Railway Plan for Stockholm [sv] which follows the current route alignments closely
Escalators at Rådhuset station on the blue line
Tunnels near Östermalmstorg station
Near-geographically accurate map of the Stockholm metro
Preserved C2 carriage, February 2005
A train of older stock, type C4. All C4s were taken out of service in 2003.
C20, popularly called "Vagn 2000"
Interior of a preserved and restored C2 car that is part of a vintage train.