Västra skogen metro station

Västra skogen
Stockholm metro station
General information
Location	Huvudsta, Solna
Coordinates	59°20′51″N 18°0′14″E
Owned by	Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
History
Opened	31 August 1975
Services
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Västra skogen map

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 one of the longest escalators 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.

Gallery

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  Entrance
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  Platform and train
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  Platform stairs
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  Entrance detail
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  Station's artwork
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  Escalators
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  Area with the station from the bird's view

External links

• Images of Västra skogen