Solna strand metro station

59°21′15″N 17°58′26″E / 59.35417°N 17.97389°E / 59.35417; 17.97389Elevation8.4 m (28 ft) under sea levelOwned byStorstockholms LokaltrafikPlatforms1 island platformTracks2ConstructionStructure typeUndergroundDepth28 m (92 ft) below groundAccessibleYesOther informationStation codeSSDHistoryOpened18 August 1985; 38 years ago (18 August 1985)Passengers20194,500 boarding per weekday^[1] Services

Preceding station	Stockholm metro			Following station
Huvudsta towards Kungsträdgården		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).

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.

Gallery

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  Entrance
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  Artwork on the platform

References

External links

Media related to Solna strand Metro station at Wikimedia Commons