Vårby gård metro station explained

Vårby gård
Symbol:	metro
Symbol Location:	stockholm
Style:	Stockholm metro
Structure:	Elevated
Tracks:	2
Accessible:	Yes
Code:	VÅG
Passengers:	3,850 boarding per weekday^[1]
Pass Year:	2019

Vårby gård is a station in the Stockholm metro in the Vårby district of Huddinge Municipality. The station was opened on 1 October 1972 as part of the extension from Vårberg to Fittja.^[2]

As part of Art in the Stockholm metro project, the station features a Flora mural, created by Rolf Bergström 1999.^[3]

On 7 January 2018, an explosion just outside the station killed a man in his 60s and injured his wife. The man is believed to have picked up a suspected hand grenade from the ground. There was no evidence it was related to terrorism or that the couple were targeted.^{[4] [5] [6]}

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. Web site: Art in the Stockholm metro . Stockholm Transport . 2008-09-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090205122828/http://sl.se/Upload/eng_text/uploads/Art_in_Stockholm_metro.pdf . 2009-02-05.
4. Web site: Stockholm metro station explosion: One dead and another injured in Sweden capital blast. 7 January 2018.
5. Web site: Mystery blast kills one in Stockholm, 'not terror-related' | DW | 07.01.2018.
6. News: Stockholm station blast: Man dies in hand grenade explosion. BBC News. 7 January 2018.