Telefonplan metro station

Telefonplan metro station ("Telephone Square") is an outdoor station on Line 14 in the Stockholm metro. The station is located in the borough of Hägersten. It was opened on 5 April 1964 as part of the first stretch of Metro 2, between T-Centralen and Fruängen.^[2]

Telefonplan
Stockholm metro station
General information
Coordinates	59°17′53″N 17°59′49″E
Elevation	34.3 m (113 ft) above sea level
Owned by	Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	TFP
History
Opened	5 April 1964; 60 years ago (5 April 1964)
Passengers
2019	11,400 boarding per weekday[1]
Services
Preceding station Stockholm metro Following station Hägerstensåsen towards Fruängen Line 14 Midsommarkransen towards Mörby centrum
Location

Unlike most of the stations lying nearby, namely among others Midsommarkransen and Hägerstensåsen, the station's name does not refer to any specific area or a specific suburb. Instead, the station's name refers to a small square situated just west of the station's main entrance.

The subway station initially mainly served the Ericsson headquarters, Ericsson's main factory and the nearby serviced apartments of its workers. Ericsson's headquarters moved to Kista in 2003. Nowadays, the facilities of the factory have been taken over by the Swedish University College of Arts, and there are plans to build a design center close to the station. The area immediately east of the station is partially a construction site for new residential buildings, and plans to reconstruct the underground station as well as the whole area of Telefonplan are well developed. There were plans to build two skyscrapers named Tellus Towers, which would have had an entrance from the metro station. This plan is being reevaluated as of 2020.^[3]

Indie music club Landet is situated a few hundred meters from the station, making the station and the area more crowded at nighttime than ever before.

The station also serves the inhabitants of Västberga, and buses to closely situated to Solberga and Älvsjö start from here.

References

1. "Fakta om SL och regionen 2019" (PDF) (in Swedish). Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. p. 51. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
2. Schwandl, Robert. "Stockholm". urbanrail.
3. Johann Bernövall (17 September 2020). "Smällen för SSM: Staden vill skrota Tellus Towers". Fastighetsvärden. Retrieved 4 October 2020.