Transport in Stockholm
Transport in Stockholm consists of roads,
The
respectively, in addition to multiple local buses that serve Arlanda.Roads
Stockholm is at the junction of the European routes E4, E18 and E20. A half-completed motorway ring road exists on the south, west and north sides of the City Centre. The northern section of the ring road, Norra Länken, opened for traffic in 2015 while the final subsea eastern section is being discussed as a future project. A bypass motorway for traffic between Northern and Southern Sweden, Förbifart Stockholm, is being built. The many islands and waterways make extensions of the road system both complicated and expensive, and new motorways are often built as systems of tunnels and bridges.
Congestion charges
Stockholm has a
After the trial period was over, consultative referendums were held in Stockholm Municipality and several other municipalities in Stockholm County. The then-reigning government (
Buses
There are over 500 bus lines in Stockholm County. [8] There are three different kinds of bus lines that differ from regular bus lines.
- Inner-city blue bus lines
- Suburban blue bus lines
- Service bus lines
The blue buses are in the inner city variant trunk lines traversing large parts of the Stockholm inner city, and in the suburban variant acting as important feeder lines between the suburbs and public transport hubs in central Stockholm, or providing crossway connections between suburbs. These are called blue bus lines because the buses that operate on them are painted blue, in contrast to the red color of the regular buses.[9] The service bus lines are especially adapted for elderly people, and are found in certain residential areas. Along some parts of these lines instead of regular bus stops there are areas where one can halt the bus just by waving at them. In addition to this, there are also night busses, which replace the regular bus routes during the night, during which they do not run. These lines always have some variation of X9X as their number, such as 197, 91, and 291.
Buses in Stockholm have a punctuality of around 92 percent. [8]
Blue bus lines
Line | Route |
---|---|
1 | Frihamnen – Hötorget – Fridhemsplan – Stora Essingen |
2 | Slussen – Sofia
|
3 | Karolinska Hospital
|
4 | Gullmarsplan – Fridhemsplan – East Station – Radiohuset |
6 | Ropsten – East Station – Odenplan – Karolinska Institute |
163 | Bredäng – Sätra industriområde – Kärrtorp |
172 | |
173 | Skärholmen – Älvsjö – Bandhagen – Skarpnäck |
176 | Solna – Ekerö centre – Stenhamra
|
177 | Mörby station – Solna – Tappström – Skärvik |
178 | Mörby station – Helenelund station – Kista – Jakobsberg station |
179 | |
471 | centre – West Orminge |
474 | Gustavsberg centre – Ålstäket – Hemmesta
|
670 | Danderyds sjukhus – Vaxholm
|
676 | Danderyds sjukhus – Norrtälje
|
873 | Gullmarsplan – Tyresö centre – Nyfors |
875 | Tyresö church
|
Metro
The Stockholm Metro consists of three groups of lines (blue, red, green), which are each referred to as a singular line.
Line | Route | Travel time[10] |
Length | Stations |
---|---|---|---|---|
10
|
Kungsträdgården – Hjulsta | 23 min | 15.1 km | 14 |
11
|
Kungsträdgården – Akalla | 22 min | 15.6 km | 12 |
13
|
Norsborg – Ropsten | 44 min | 26.6 km | 25 |
14
|
Fruängen – Mörby centrum | 33 min | 19.5 km | 19 |
17
|
Skarpnäck – Åkeshov | 43 min | 19.6 km | 24 |
18
|
Farsta strand – Alvik | 37 min | 18.4 km | 23 |
19
|
Hässelby strand
|
55 min | 28.6 km | 35 |
Entire metro network | 108 km | 100 |
The Stockholm metro has been called 'the world's longest art gallery',[11] with most of the network's 100 stations decorated with sculptures, mosaics, paintings, installations, engravings and reliefs.
Commuter rail
There are six commuter rail lines. These pass through Stockholm City Station located beneath T-Centralen, unlike other trains of the railroad network that pass through Stockholm Central Station.
Line | Route | Length | Stations |
---|---|---|---|
40 | Södertälje centrum |
25 | |
41 | Södertälje centrum |
24 | |
42 | Märsta – Stockholm City – Nynäshamn | 26 | |
43 | Bålsta – Stockholm City – Nynäshamn | 28 | |
44 | Kallhäll – Stockholm City – Tumba | 21 | |
48 | Södertälje centrum – Gnesta |
6 |
Light rail
There are two systems classified as "light rail" in Stockholm by the SL,
Name | Lines | Route | Length | Stations |
---|---|---|---|---|
Saltsjöbanan | 25, 26 | 18.5 km | 18 | |
Roslagsbanan | 27, 28, 29 | Stockholm East Station – Näsbypark/Österskär/Kårsta | 65.0 km | 39 |
Trams
There are four
There is one
Name | Line | Route | Length | Stops |
---|---|---|---|---|
Spårväg City | 7 | Sergels Torg – Waldemarsudde |
3.2 km | 12 |
Djurgårdslinjen | 7N | Norrmalmstorg – Waldemarsudde/Bellmansro | 2.9 km | 10 |
Nockebybanan | 12 | Nockeby – Alvik | 5.7 km | 10 |
Lidingöbanan | 21 | Ropsten – Gåshaga brygga | 9.2 km | 14 |
Tvärbanan | 30 | Solna Station |
18.2 km | 26 |
Tvärbanan | 31 | Alviks Strand – Bromma Flygplats | 6 |
Ferry
As of November 2021[update] there are four commuter ferry (pendelbåt) lines in Stockholm, administered by SL. Some are run by Waxholmsbolaget under SL supervision.[17]
Line | Route |
---|---|
80 | Nybroplan – Ropsten - Frösvik |
82 | Slussen – Allmänna gränd
|
83 | Strömkajen – Vaxholm - Rindö Grenadjärbryggan |
83X | Strömkajen – Vaxholm - Rindö Grenadjärbryggan |
89 | Tappström (Ekerö )
|
Archipelago boats
Transport across the islands of archipelago is operated by Waxholmsbolaget. The boats depart from Strömkajen, Vaxholm, Stavsnäs, Årsta brygga, and Nynäshamn.[18]
Regional and intercity rail
There are also regional and InterCity trains going on the mainlines between Stockholm and cities outside the county. These cities include Uppsala, Gävle, Eskilstuna, Linköping, Västerås. These train are run by SJ on their own, and SJ tickets or special combination tickets called TiM (SJ+SL) are valid.
Local transportation
Arlanda is since 2012 served by the commuter train (Pendeltåg) to Stockholm and Uppsala. The trip takes 38 minutes to Stockholm Central Station and 18 minutes to Uppsala.[19] As of 9 January 2019[update] there is a supplemental fee of 120 SEK for passing through the railway station at the airport.[20]
Airport transport
The rapid public transport to and from the airports in Stockholm are handled a bit separately than the regular land based public transport as handled by SL, thus they have their own tickets and pricing structure. It is also possible to take regular public transport to and from the airports, but that typically means one has to change between some buses or trains and the trip takes more time.
Arlanda Airport
Being the largest airport in Sweden, it is connected to Stockholm by several means. Arlanda Express provides an airport rail link service between the airport and Stockholm Central Station. It is by far the fastest connection, but also the most expensive. Other possibility is to take a commuter train (Pendeltåg) No. 40 that passes through the airport on its shuttling between Uppsala and Stockholm City Station, but a special fee is applied. This is because Arlanda Express has been built as a public–private partnership project, with the winner having a monopoly on rail transport to the airport. Other rail operators like SL are therefore obliged to pay fees to Arlanda Express. Flygbussarna provides shuttle bus connection from airport to cityterminalen.
Transport type | Travel time | Price (one-way) | Travels to |
---|---|---|---|
Arlanda Express | 18 min | 299 SEK | Stockholm Central Station |
Commuter train No. 40 | 38 min | 158 SEK | Stockholm City Station |
Flygbussarna bus | 48 min | 119 SEK | Stockholm Cityterminalen |
Other airports
See also
References
- ^ "Stockholm Transport - in English". Archived from the original on February 7, 2007.
- Swedish Road Administration. Archived from the originalon 2 March 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2007.
- Swedish Road Administration. Archived from the originalon 9 July 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2007.
- ^ "Odramatisk start för biltullarna". Dagens Nyheter. 1 August 2007. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2007.
- ^ "Stockholmsförsöket". Stockholmsförsöket. Archived from the original on 15 July 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2007.
- Swedish Road Administration. Archived from the originalon 3 July 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2007.
- Swedish Road Administration. Archived from the originalon 29 June 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2007.
- ^ a b "Fakta om SL och länet" (PDF). www.regionstockholm.se. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ "Blåbussarna". AB Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. Archived from the original on 2007-02-21. Retrieved 2007-04-21.
- ^ Stockholm metro timetables. Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. 2007. 10 Archived 9 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine 11 Archived 9 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine 13 Archived 9 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine 14 Archived 9 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine 17 Archived 9 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine 18 Archived 9 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine 19 Archived 9 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Stockholm Metro: The World's Longest Art Gallery". May 7, 2012.
- ^ "Official Map" (PDF).
- ^ "Avstängning på Saltsjöbanan 2023 | SL".
- ^ "CAF wins Urbos tram contracts". Retrieved 2011-04-01.
- ^ "The Djurgården line no 7". Swedish Tramway Society. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
- ^ "The Djurgården line no 7N: Fares". Swedish Tramway Society. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
- ^ "Åka pendelbåt". SL.
- ^ "Waxholmsbolaget". Waxholmsbolaget.
- ^ "Trains". Stockholm Arlanda Airport. Swedavia. Retrieved 2017-05-24.
- ^ "Fares & tickets". Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
External links
- 2021 SL Rail Network Map (pdf)
- 2021 Waxholmsbolaget Ferry Network Map (pdf)
- Traffic and Public Transport on City of Stockholm
- Central Stockholm public transportation map (Swedish only)