Globen metro station

Globen
Stockholm metro station
General information
Coordinates59°17′39″N 18°04′38″E / 59.29417°N 18.07722°E / 59.29417; 18.07722
Owned byStorstockholms Lokaltrafik
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeGLB
History
Opened1 October 1930; 94 years ago (1 October 1930)
Passengers
20196,550 boarding per weekday[1] (metro)
20193,800 boarding per weekday[1] (Tvärbanan)
Services
Preceding station Stockholm metro Following station
Gullmarsplan
towards Hässelby strand
 Line 19 Enskede gård
towards Hagsätra
Other services
Preceding station SL Local & Light Rail SL Local & Light Rail Following station
Linde
towards Solna station
 Tvärbanan Line 30 Gullmarsplan
towards Sickla
Location

Globen metro station is on the Green line of the Stockholm metro and the Tvärbanan light rail line, located by Globen in Johanneshov, Söderort. The station was opened on 1 October 1930 as Slakthuset station (named after an old abattoir around the area that has since been converted into a nightclub) as a part of the stretch between Gullmarsplan and Stureby.[2] In 1958 the station was renamed as Isstadion station (after the nearby Johanneshovs Isstadion, now known as Hovet). The station acquired its current name on 20 August 1989 and is the only one in the system to have had more than two names. The distance to Slussen is 3 km (1.9 mi). There is a track connection to Tvärbanan just north of Globen metro station, and Tvärbanan has track connection to the railway, which is used for deliveries of new metro trains.

According to plans presented in the spring of 2015, this station and the adjacent Enskede gård station, which are both above ground, will be replaced by a single underground metro station called Slakthusområdet in the future. This change will be made when this branch of the Green line is to be transferred to be a branch of the Blue line when the latter line is extended to the south side of the city, expected to be completed sometime in 2030.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ a b "Fakta om SL och regionen 2019" (PDF) (in Swedish). Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. pp. 51, 55. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  2. ^ Schwandl, Robert. "Stockholm". urbanrail.
  3. ^ "Slakthusområdet får tunnelbana och ny station" (in Swedish). 7 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  4. ^ Zasiadko, Mykola (26 May 2020). "Stockholm Metro steps up towards significant extension". railtech.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Everything you need to know about Stockholm's new Metro" (PDF). Stockholm County Council. June 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.