Tekniska högskolan metro station explained

Tekniska högskolan
Symbol:metro
Symbol Location:stockholm
Type:Stockholm metro station
Style:Stockholm metro
Elevation: above sea level
Structure:Underground
Platform:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Accessible:Yes
Code:TEH
Owned:Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
Passengers:25,750 boarding per weekday[1]
Pass Year:2019

Tekniska högskolan is a station on the red line of the Stockholm metro, located in the districts Östermalm and Norra Djurgården, near the Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska högskolan). The station was opened on 30 September 1973 as the northern terminus of the extension from Östermalmstorg. On 12 January 1975, the line was extended further north to Universitetet.[2] Tekniska högskolan metro station is connected to Stockholm East Station or Stockholms östra, a station on the Roslagsbanan railway, and a terminal for buses towards Norrtälje and Vaxholm.

The art in the station was done by and features a common theme of technology, the four elements, and the laws of nature. Quotes from the history of science are interspersed with paintworks and sculptures such as Newton's apple, the wings of Icarus, and the five Platonic solids representing the classical elements – a dodecahedron, symbolising the aether and containing the "black hole of the universe", is suspended from the central ceiling. As one of the first "cave stations" where the walls follow the contours of the underlying bedrock, Tekniska högskolan (along with nearby Stadion) metro station was awarded the 1973 Kasper Salin Prize.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fakta om SL och regionen 2019 . . 51 . Swedish . 1 April 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. Book: En värld under jord: färg och form i tunnelbanan . Stockholmia . 2000 . 91-7031-107-2 . Söderström . Göran . 2nd . Stockholm . 51-52, 108-109, 268-271 . Swedish . .