Skarpnäck metro station

Stockholm Metro station

59°15′59″N 18°7′57″E / 59.26639°N 18.13250°E / 59.26639; 18.13250Elevation1.7 m (5.6 ft) AMSL^[1]Owned byStorstockholms LokaltrafikLine(s)Green lineDistance8.1 km (5.0 mi) from Slussen^[1]Platforms1 island platformTracks2ConstructionStructure typeUndergroundDepth25 m (82 ft)^[1]AccessibleYesOther informationStation codeSNKHistoryOpened15 August 1994; 29 years ago (15 August 1994)^[1]Passengers20195,200 boarding per weekday^[2] Services

Preceding station	Stockholm metro			Following station
Bagarmossen towards Åkeshov		Line 17		Terminus

Location

Skarpnäck is a Stockholm metro station located in the Skarpnäcksfältet subdistrict of Skarpnäcks Gård district, Skarpnäck borough.

The station is the southern terminus for the green line 17 and the easternmost Stockholm metro station (as of 2024). The station is 25 metres (82 ft) below ground and was opened on 15 August 1994 as a one-station extension from Bagarmossen, making it the hundredth station in the Stockholm metro. As of August 2024 it is still the newest station in the system.^[3] The underground Bagarmossen metro station was opened at the same time, but replaced an older station in Bagarmossen, which was closed on 8 July 1994.

Skarpnäck is an underground station with a single vault spanning across the island platform and tracks; its span of 22 metres (72 ft) is the largest in the Stockholm metro. The station artwork by American sculptor Richard Nonas consists of seventeen granite "benches" placed along the platform, as well as a red clinker floor and red-painted shotcrete walls alluding to the red brick buildings in Skarpnäck.^[4]

Ticket barriers and escalator access to the underground platform
Granite bench

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Alfredsson, Björn; Berndt, Roland; Harlén, Hans (2007). Stockholm under: 100 stationer (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Bromberg. p. 44. ISBN 978-91-7337-051-6. SELIBR 10614768.
^ "Fakta om SL och regionen 2019" (PDF) (in Swedish). Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. p. 51. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
^ Schwandl, Robert. "Stockholm". urbanrail.
^ Söderström, Göran, ed. (2000). En värld under jord: färg och form i tunnelbanan (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Stockholmia. pp. 58, 238. ISBN 91-7031-107-2. SELIBR 7593308.

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Images of Skarpnäck

Green line of the

Stockholm metro

Green line

Shared stations	Alvik Kristineberg Thorildsplan Fridhemsplan Sankt Eriksplan Odenplan Rådmansgatan Hötorget T-Centralen Gamla stan Slussen Medborgarplatsen Skanstull Gullmarsplan
17	Åkeshov Brommaplan Abrahamsberg Abrahamsberg Stora mossen Shared stations Skärmarbrink Hammarbyhöjden Björkhagen Kärrtorp Bagarmossen Skarpnäck
18	Shared stations Skärmarbrink Blåsut Sandsborg Skogskyrkogården Tallkrogen Gubbängen Hökarängen Farsta Farsta strand
19	Hässelby strand Hässelby gård Johannelund Vällingby Råcksta Blackeberg Islandstorget Ängbyplan Åkeshov Brommaplan Abrahamsberg Stora mossen Shared stations Globen Enskede gård Sockenplan Svedmyra Stureby Bandhagen Högdalen Rågsved Hagsätra

Stockholm metro

Lines

10 11 Blue line
13 14 Red line
17 18 19 Green line

Future	Yellow line

Stations

Former	Bagarmossen (surface level)
Future	Arenastaden Barkarby Barkarbystaden Hagastaden Hammarby kanal Järla Nacka Sickla Slakthusområdet Sofia Södra Hagalund
Unused	Kymlinge