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Alvik metro station
Stockholm metro and tramway station / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alvik metro station is a station on the Green line of the Stockholm metro, and on the Tvärbanan and Nockebybanan lines of Stockholm tramways. It is located on the border between the districts of Traneberg and Alvik, which are part of the borough of Bromma in the west of the city of Stockholm. The station is one of the intermediate termini along the northern section of the Green line, with line 18 trains normally terminating, and is also the terminus of the Nockebybanan.[2][3]
Stockholm metro station | |||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Inner tracks used by Nockebybanan trams | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 59°20′0″N 17°58′57″E | ||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Storstockholms Lokaltrafik | ||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 island platforms, 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 (Green Line) 2 (Tvärbanan 2 (Nockebybanan | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | ALV | ||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 26 October 1952; 71 years ago (26 October 1952) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | 18,100 boarding per weekday[1] (metro) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | 7,900 boarding per weekday[1] (Tvärbanan) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | 5,200 boarding per weekday[1] (Nockebybanan) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Alvik station has tracks on two levels, both above ground. The higher level has two island platforms aligned east-west and serving four tracks. The outer pair of tracks are through tracks used by metro trains, whilst the inner pair of tracks are used to terminate Nockebybanan trams, thus providing cross-platform interchange between the Nockebybanan and metro. The lower level, which is at street level, has a pair of side platforms, aligned north-south and just to the west of the higher level platforms, which are used by trams on the Tvärbanan.[3][4]
At the west end of the station, a complex set of elevated tracks ensures that metro trains and trams on both lines are segregated from each other. The metro and the Nockeby tramway are also connected by shared tracks (electrified with both third rail and overhead lines) to the nearby Brommadepån [sv] tram depot. Metro trains terminating at Alvik use reversing tracks within the depot to switch between westbound and eastbound metro platforms. A curved tunnel also connects the depot to the lower Tvärbanan tracks, thus allow stock interchange between the two tram lines.[3][4]