Red line (Stockholm Metro)

Red line
Stadion station
Overview
Native nameRöda linjen
LocaleStockholm, Sweden
Stations36
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemStorstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL)
ServicesRopstenNorsborg
Mörby centrumFruängen
Operator(s)MTR Nordic (ticketing by SL)
Depot(s)Norsborg, Nyboda
Rolling stockC20 and C30
Daily ridership507,850 (2018)[1]
History
Opened5 April 1964 (1964-04-05)
Technical
Line length41.2 km (25.6 mi)
Number of tracks2
CharacterUnderground subway and at–grade-separated
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification650 V DC third rail
Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph)
Route map

Routes 13 & 14
km
 14 
Mörby centrum
11.1
1.7 km
tunnel
Danderyds sjukhus
10.1
 13 
km
8.5 km
tunnel
Bergshamra
08.8
5.8
Ropsten
Universitetet
06.8
0.6 km
tunnel
Tekniska högskolan
04.5
4.4
Gärdet
Stadion
03.4
3.6
Karlaplan
2.6
Östermalmstorg
 17   18   19  "Green line"
 10   11  "Blue line"
1.5
T-Centralen
0.4
Gamla stan
0.0
Slussen
"Green line"  17   18   19 
1.0
Mariatorget
3.2 km
tunnel
1.7
Zinkensdamm
2.4
Hornstull
03.4
Liljeholmen
1.9 km
tunnel
1.6 km
tunnel
Aspudden
04.7
4.6
Midsommarkransen
Örnsberg
05.6
5.4
Telefonplan
Axelsberg
06.4
6.7
Hägerstensåsen
2.3 km
tunnel
Mälarhöjden
07.5
7.4
Västertorp
Bredäng
09.0
8.1
Fruängen
Sätra
10.3
 14 
km
1.9 km
tunnel
Skärholmen
11.7
Vårberg
12.6
Vårby gård
14.2
2.0 km
tunnel
Masmo
16.1
Fittja
17.5
2.0 km
tunnel
Alby
19.0
Hallunda
20.1
Norsborg
20.8
km
 13 

The Red line (Swedish: Röda linjen; officially Metro 2, but called Tub 2 ("Tube 2") internally[2]), is one of the three Stockholm Metro lines. It has a total of 36 stations, of which four are cut and cover, 16 are tunneled, and 15 are on the surface. The line is a total of 41.238 kilometres (25.624 mi) long. It consists of four branches with terminals in Fruängen and Norsborg in the southwest and Mörby center and Ropsten in the northeast.

The "Red line" designation began in the late-1970s, and officially only since the 1990s, and comes from the fact that the route has been marked in red on Storstockholms Lokaltrafik's maps at least since the 1970s. Previously, the Red line had been coloured orange on the system map, but as new maps were printed with changes, the colour became increasingly redder in the 1980s.

  1. ^ "Fakta om SL och regionen 2019" [Facts about SL and the Region 2019] (PDF) (in Swedish). Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. pp. 51, 66–67. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  2. ^ Trafiksäkerhetsinstruktion för tunnelbanan, ändringstryck 6 (SL-2008-16140) [Traffic Safety Instruction for the Metro, revision 6] (in Swedish) (5.0 ed.). Stockholm, Sweden: Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. 2008.