Solna strand metro station

Solna strand
Stockholm metro station
Platform
General information
LocationHuvudsta, Solna
Coordinates59°21′15″N 17°58′26″E / 59.35417°N 17.97389°E / 59.35417; 17.97389
Elevation8.4 m (28 ft) under sea level
Owned byStorstockholms Lokaltrafik
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Depth28 m (92 ft) below ground
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeSSD
History
Opened18 August 1985; 39 years ago (18 August 1985)
Passengers
20194,500 boarding per weekday[1]
Services
Preceding station Stockholm metro Following station
Huvudsta Line 10 Sundbybergs centrum
towards Hjulsta
Location

Solna strand (known as Vreten until 18 August 2014[2]) is a subway station on the Stockholm metro blue line. It was opened on 18 August 1985 as part of the extension between Västra skogen and Rinkeby[3] and is located in the Huvudsta region of the Solna Municipality. The platform is located in bedrock, 28 m (92 ft) below ground level under Vretenvägen. The entrance is in the north end at Korta gatan. The station's theme is defined by artwork created by the Japanese-Swedish sculptor Takashi Naraha in 1985 called Himmelen av kub (The heaven of cube).

An office building in Solna strand

It is located in and named after Solna Strand, a former industrial area on the shore of Lake Mälaren that has since developed into an area of office buildings. Organisations here include the Swedish Tax Authority, Hewlett-Packard and Axfood.[4][5] There is also a power plant by the coast. Until 2014 the area was called Vretens industriområde (Vreten industrial area), after the farmstead called Vreten which was located here in the 19th century.[6] Solna Business Park is located across the Mälaren Line railway to the north, and the Sundbyberg Municipality districts Lilla Alby and Central Sundbyberg are located to the west.

  1. ^ "Fakta om SL och regionen 2019" (PDF) (in Swedish). Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. p. 51. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  2. ^ Wiik, Christer (18 August 2014). "Solna strand ersätter Vreten". Järnvägsnyheter.se (in Swedish). Conventus Media House AB. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  3. ^ Schwandl, Robert. "Stockholm". urbanrail.
  4. ^ "Vretens t-banestation byter namn". Sveriges Television. 12 Nov 2013. Retrieved 21 Mar 2021.
  5. ^ "Komplexität am Arbeitsplatz - Bürobau in Stockholm von Tham & Videgård". BauNetz. 18 Mar 2021. Retrieved 22 Mar 2021.
  6. ^ "Till minne av Vreten, 1985-2014". Dagens Nyheter. 2014-08-18. Retrieved 21 Mar 2021.