Arlanda North Station
Arlanda North Station | |||||||||||
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 Arlanda Express X3 train at the station | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 59°39′05″N 17°55′50″E / 59.6514°N 17.9305°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Arlanda Infrastructure | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Arlanda Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 25 November 1999 | ||||||||||
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Arlanda North Station (
Service
The station is only served by the Arlanda Express, a dedicated airport rail link which connects the airport to Stockholm Central Station. The train normally operates four times every hour, but during rush hour this is increased to six times per hour. Travel time to Stockholm is 20 minutes.[2] Standard price for a one-way ticket is 299 SEK, although discounts are offered for children, students, seniors, on special travel days and for return trips under certain conditions.[3] The Arlanda Express is operated by A-Train, a subsidiary of Macquarie Group.[4] The Arlanda Express operate using X3 high-speed trains.[5] In addition, regional and intercity trains call at Arlanda Central Station.
History
Plans for a railway line from the city center of Stockholm to the airport started in the early 1980s. Policy-makers wanted to allow the airport to grow without increasing the road traffic to the airport, and decided to build a railway. The project involved building a branch from the existing
References
- ^ "Stockholm-Märsta/Arlanda-Uppsala". Järnväg.net. Archived from the original on 12 October 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ "Timetable" (in Swedish). Arlanda Express. Archived from the original on 13 October 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
- ^ "Fares" (in Swedish). Arlanda Express. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
- ^ "About us" (in Swedish). Arlanda Express. Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
- ^ "X2" (in Swedish). Järnväg.net. Archived from the original on 10 October 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
- ^ "History". Arlanda Express. Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
External links
Media related to Arlanda North train station at Wikimedia Commons