Fittja metro station is a station on the red line of the Stockholm metro, located in Fittja, Botkyrka Municipality, Sweden. The outdoor station was opened on 1 October 1972 as the south-western terminus of the extension from Vårberg. On 12 January 1975 the line was extended further to Norsborg.[2]
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| Stockholm metro station | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 59°14′51″N 17°51′39″E / 59.24750°N 17.86083°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 18.1 m (59 ft) above sea level | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Storstockholms Lokaltrafik | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | FIJ | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 October 1972 | ||||||||||
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| 2019 | 6,550 boarding per weekday[1] | ||||||||||
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The station has a copy of the Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd bronze sculpture Non-Violence, the original of which was made in memory of John Lennon. Under the canopy roof of the entrance to Fittja center hangs two light sculptures of opal-colored plastic created by Eva Rosengren.[3]
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Fittja metro station in September 2006 -
Elevated approach to the station
References
edit- ^ "Fakta om SL och regionen 2019" (PDF) (in Swedish). Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. p. 51. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ Schwandl, Robert. "Stockholm". urbanrail.
- ^ "Konsten på Fittja tunnelbanestation" [The art of Fittja subway station] (in Swedish). Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
External links
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