The station was opened in 1871. The present building was completed and officially opened in 1872. At the time, it was the largest building in Stockholm aside from the Royal Palace. Today, nearly 1000 trains stop here every day and 190,000 passengers per day use the station.
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Looking south, toward Gamla stan, from platform 13/14 at Stockholm Central. The tracks converge to just two between here and Stockholms södra.
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Looking east from platform 13/14 at Stockholm Central. There used to be a park where all those ugly roads are today.
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A westward look from the same vantage point. The impressive brick building is the Stockholm City Hall, completed in 1923, where the Nobel Prize dinner is held every 10 December.
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Ugly? Did I mention these roads are ugly? This view is looking northwest from the same vantage point as the previous photos.
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A southbound commuter train (for Södertälje) at Stockholm Central.
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I took this photo to try to provide a good view of the couplers used on our commuter trains. The two people on the right are the train crew.
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One of the exits from platform 13/14 (the southbound commuter train platform). This exit leads to an underground passageway that connects to other tracks, to services on the lower level of the main station, and to the subway.
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Looking north from the north end of platform 13/14. The sign "ATC slutar" means that automatic train control ends at this point.
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This ticket hall, called "Övre hallen" ("the upper hall"), is only for the commuter trains and the escalators and stairs lead only to and from platform 13/14 (southbound commuter trains) and 15/16 (northbound commuter trains).
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Övre hallen from a different vantage point.
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The main hall of Stockholm Central. There are a number of shops and services on this level, as well as ticket sales for the mainline railways.
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A view of the main hall from floor level.
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The main hall from a different vantage point. Ticket sales for SJ (formerly the Swedish State Railways, now a state-owned corporation) are to the left here.
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This board shows mainline train arrivals and departures.
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Just outside the main entrance, this stairway leads to the lower-level passageway that connects to both the through tracks (10-19) and the subway.
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A view of the main entrance to Stockholm Central, with the statue of Nils Ericsson, the father of Swedish railroads.
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A view of the station building from across Vasagatan.
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A lengthwise view of the station building, looking more or less northwest from Vasagatan.
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A view from the road viaduct south of the station, looking north. Vasagatan is on the right.