Islandstorget metro station

Islandstorget
Stockholm metro station
Station platform, 2006
General information
Coordinates59°20′46″N 17°53′34.5″E / 59.34611°N 17.892917°E / 59.34611; 17.892917
Owned byStorstockholms Lokaltrafik
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeILT
History
Opened26 October 1952; 72 years ago (26 October 1952)
Passengers
20193,450 boarding per weekday[1]
Services
Preceding station Stockholm metro Following station
Blackeberg Line 19 Ängbyplan
towards Hagsätra
Location

Islandstorget is a station in the Stockholm metro on the Green line. It is located in the district of Södra Ängby, which is part of the borough of Bromma in the west of the city of Stockholm. The station is above ground with a single island platform. The entrance is from Blackebergsvägen, which passes over the line. On a workday there are some 3,450 passengers who travel from Islandstorget.[1][2][3]

The site of the station was the western terminus of a line known as the Ängbybanan [sv] that ran from Alvik. The Ängbybanan was designed and built for use by the future metro, but was operated from 1944 as part of line 11 of the Stockholm tramway. Islandstorget station was inaugurated as part of the metro on 26 October 1952 with the conversion of the Ängbybanan and its extension to form the metro line between Hötorget and Vällingby.[2][4]

  1. ^ a b "Fakta om SL och regionen 2019" (PDF) (in Swedish). Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. p. 51. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b Schwandl, Robert. "Stockholm". urbanrail. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Islandstorget". Google maps. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  4. ^ Jacobson, Per (1998). En spårväg till Bromma [A tramway to Bromma] (in Swedish). Oslo: Baneforlaget. ISBN 82-91448-25-6.