Ropsten was opened on 2 September 1967. The name literally means "shout stone," and refers to an actual stone on which one could stand and call across the water to a so-called "roddmadam" ("rowing lady") who would row a boat to the Stockholm side, pick you up and take you over to Lidingö -- for a fee, of course! The "roddmadamer" have been gone for hundreds of years, but the name Ropsten has persisted.
Ropsten has a center platform and two tracks. It is the northern terminus of line 13, but the original intention was to extend the tunnelbana across the water to Lidingö, which explains why the station was built with its tracks projecting out of a hillside, pointing toward Lidingö. When the Ropsten tunnelbana station was opened, the two Lidingö lines (north and south) were cut back to terminate at Ropsten; previously, they had used street trackage of Stockholms Spårvägar (Stockholm Tramways) to reach central Stockholm. The north Lidingö line was abandoned in 1971, and now only the south Lidingö line remains.
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At the north end of the platform is the connection to Lidingöbanan. This
photo shows what you see when you come up the escalator from Lidingöbanan's
waiting room.
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Platform 2 at Ropsten. This is the platform normally used by all trains off-peak. In the
peak, both tracks and platform faces are used.
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This view of track 2 shows the hefty bumper posts used at the north end of the station.
The tracks end here in midair (the original plan was to extend the tunnelbana to Lidingö
and beyond, but that never happened), requiring the best possible insurance against
having a train go off the end of a track. Track 1 has similar bumper posts.
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The station name and direction signs on platform 2.
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The elevator at mid-platform, which goes down to street level. Note also that the platforms
are actually separate, rather than being one broad platform.
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Platform 1. This view looks timetable north.
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A train of C20 (new) stock on track 2 at Ropsten. In the distance, note how the station
is built into the hillside. A residential area called Hjorthagen is up on the hillside.
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A view of the same train, but this photo shows more of the platform itself.
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The first photo shows the center exit from Ropsten, which leads to the bus terminal for
the Lidingö buses (most of the people shown here have probably arrived on a bus from
Lidingö). The second photo shows the roof of this exit, or at least of its stairway and
escalators, from the platform level.
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Artwork on the platform at Ropsten.
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This is the south end of track 2, with a C20 train stopped at the platform. The south exit
leads to Hjorthagen.
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A closer view of the wall treatment at the south end of platform 2, with a station name
sign.
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The wall at the south end of platform 2, with the sign indicating Hjorthagen.
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These moving walkways lead to and from the south ticket hall.
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The south ticket hall.
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The elevator in the south ticket hall. "Hiss till gatuplan" means "elevator to
street level." Note that, unlike the elevator on the platform, this elevator goes up to
street level.
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A view of the moving walkways from the top, showing the benches placed in the stationary
middle walkway to give you a place to rest, should you need it.
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Platform 2 with a C20 train at night.
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This view from below shows the bumper block at the end of track 2. The bus terminal and its entrance to the subway station are also shown.