Globen metro station explained

Globen
Symbol:metro
Symbol Location:stockholm
Type:Stockholm metro station
Style:Stockholm metro
Structure:At grade
Platform:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Accessible:Yes
Code:GLB
Owned:Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
Passengers:6,550 boarding per weekday[1]
Pass Year:2019
Pass System:metro

Globen metro station is on the Green line of the Stockholm metro and the Tvärbanan light rail line, located by Globen in Johanneshov, Söderort. The station was opened on 1 October 1930 as Slakthuset station (named after an old abattoir around the area that has since been converted into a nightclub) as a part of the stretch between Gullmarsplan and Stureby.[2] In 1958 the station was renamed as Isstadion station (after the nearby Johanneshovs Isstadion, now known as Hovet). The station acquired its current name on 20 August 1989 and is the only one in the system to have had more than two names. The distance to Slussen is . There is a track connection to Tvärbanan just north of Globen metro station, and Tvärbanan has track connection to the railway, which is used for deliveries of new metro trains.

According to plans presented in the spring of 2015, this station and the adjacent Enskede gård station, which are both above ground, will be replaced by a single underground metro station called in the future. This change will be made when this branch of the Green line is to be transferred to be a branch of the Blue line when the latter line is extended to the south side of the city, expected to be completed sometime in 2030.[3] [4] [5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fakta om SL och regionen 2019 . . 51, 55 . Swedish . 29 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201227192823/https://www.sll.se/globalassets/2.-kollektivtrafik/fakta-om-sl-och-lanet/sl_och_regionen_2019.pdf . 27 December 2020 . live.
  2. Web site: Schwandl . Robert . Stockholm . urbanrail.
  3. Web site: Slakthusområdet får tunnelbana och ny station. 7 May 2015. sv. 8 May 2015.
  4. News: Stockholm Metro steps up towards significant extension . 26 May 2020 . Mykola . Zasiadko . railtech.com . 2 March 2022 . 2 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220302182049/https://www.railtech.com/infrastructure/2020/05/26/stockholm-metro-steps-up-towards-significant-extension/ . live.
  5. Web site: Everything you need to know about Stockholm’s new Metro . Stockholm County Council . June 2016 . 2 March 2022 . 2 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220302182942/https://www.nyatunnelbanan.sll.se/wp-content/uploads/files/SLL_001_NyTbana_2016_eng_web-R.pdf . live.