Nyboda depot explained

Nyboda depot (in Swedish: Nybodadepån or Nybodahallen) is a garage/depot for subway trains and buses of Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL), located in Liljeholmen, Stockholm Municipality, along Hägerstensvägen and under Essingeleden. Nybodadepån is connected with Liljeholmen metro station via a bridge over Hägerstensvägen and a tunnel in the mountain under .

Nybodadepån started operations for buses and trams in 1945, then called Brännkyrkahallen. 1963 - 64,[1] it was rebuilt to be adapted for the cars of Stockholm Metro. It could house 30 railway cars on four tracks in a bus garage and another 64 on four tracks in two rock tunnels.[1] 2001 - 2002, it was rebuilt to be adapted for the new C20 metro cars and was further upgraded to C30s in 2019.[2]

Around 100 persons are employed at the depot, which is one of five depots serving the Stockholm metro system.[3] [4]

References

  1. Havers, Harold Charles Percival. Underground Railways of the World: Their History and Development. Temple P, 1966. Page 176.
  2. Web site: 2019-06-12 . New Stockholm metro trains set for autumn launch . 2020-07-04 . . en.
  3. Farnsworth, Alex. "Här är platsen där tunnelbanetågen sover", Bättre stadsdel. Published December 9 2015. Retrieved July 4 2020.
  4. Web site: Strang . Josefine . Här servas vagnarna . . . 4 July 2020 . 41 . en . 22 March 2013.

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