Vårby gård metro station
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Stockholm metro station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Coordinates | 59°15′53″N 17°53′02″E / 59.2647222222°N 17.8838888889°E | ||||||||||
Elevation | 27.3 m (90 ft) above sea level | ||||||||||
Owned by | Storstockholms Lokaltrafik | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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Station code | VÅG | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1 October 1972 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2019 | 3,850 boarding per weekday[1] | ||||||||||
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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]
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Art in the Stockholm metro" (PDF). Stockholm Transport. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
- ^ "Stockholm metro station explosion: One dead and another injured in Sweden capital blast". 7 January 2018.
- ^ "Mystery blast kills one in Stockholm, 'not terror-related' | DW | 07.01.2018".
- ^ "Stockholm station blast: Man dies in hand grenade explosion". BBC News. 7 January 2018.