Tekniska högskolan was opened on 30 September 1973.
This station is named after Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, the Royal Institute of Technology, which is Sweden's premier school of engineering and applied science.
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A northbound train departs Tekniska högskolan.
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This dodecahedron hangs over the passage between the two
platform faces at Tekniska högskolan. That's not my
flash; it's a spotlight.
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On the floor between the platform faces, a projection of the
faces and edges of the dodecahedron.
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This artwork is painted on the rock wall at the north end of
the station.
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Again at the north end, but this time the artwork is painted
both on the rock wall and on a projecting cube. Note the
two-dimensional representation of the cube that's on the floor
under it.
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A southbound train arriving at Tekniska högskolan.
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At the south end of the station you find this multi-sided
shape with painted surfaces.
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This plaque presents some of the postulates proposed by
Copernicus and Kepler.
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The northbound platform face. That's Newton's apple coming
through the ceiling.
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At the north end of the station, this sign depicts all of
Tub2 and indicates which stations can be reached from the
adjacent platform face (the southbound) and which ones cannot.
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A view of the southbound platform face.
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At the south end of the station, artwork depicting tools and
mechanical devices. Note also the contrast between the
mid-1980s SL style of signage (the white sign with black text
hanging from the ceiling) and the recent signage installed by
Connex.