The Silver Train of Stockholm
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The Silver Train of Stockholm (
According to
Legend
The silver train is said to be an older model
The silver train is said to be based on the SL C5 metro train, an aluminum prototype metro train from the 1960s that was only produced in one copy (eight cars) and was never painted, hence its silver color. These legends probably arose as the C5 cars were considered to have a ghost-like sound in the tunnels and were rare in traffic, then mainly in traffic during the night.[4] In connection with the ghost train, the C5 has also received the nickname "the Silver Arrow" in popular culture.[3]
Kymlinge ghost station, metro station of the dead
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In connection with legends about the silver train, the legend about Kymlinge metro station is often told, a metro station that was never put into service, a so-called ghost station, which consists entirely of bare concrete. The station is said to be haunted and has been popularly called "the metro station for the dead" or "the ghost station where only the dead get off", colloquially simply the "station of the dead".[3][2] Interestingly, the name "Kymlinge" comes from Swedish "kummel", meaning burial place.[2] According to former director of SL (the Stockholm local transit), Björn Dalborg, Stockholmers have been telling scary stories about "Kymlinge ghost station" for decades.[4]
In one variant of the legend, the silver train is said to have operated on the blue line and had Kymlinge as the final station where all the dead were dropped off.[4] However, the C5 cars, which are said to be the basis for the myth of the silver train, rarely operated on the blue line.
The legend of the girl
A popularly retold urban legend or ghost story about the silver train and Kymlinge tells the story about a girl who had been to a disco or ditto in central Stockholm and was going to take the metro home.[6][7] She got on a train but thought the passengers looked a little strange. The girl was supposed to get off at T-Centralen, but the train did not stop even though she pulled the emergency brake – she had boarded "the Silver Arrow". When the train finally stops and she gets off, she sees a sign in front of her – Kymlinge. She walks with her fellow passengers up the stairs where she is met by a locked door, which does not stop her fellow passengers, who continue straight through the door. The legend about the girl has two different endings: one says that a week later the girl was found dead in Ursvik's forests, i.e. in the vicinity of the Kymlinge Station, the other that she was found alive in the same place a week later, but scared out of her wits.[6][7][3]
References
- ^ "Spöktåget Silverpilen". Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ a b c "Spårlöst - En spökresa av SL -Kymlinge Tunnelbanestation". Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ a b c d "Äventyr i Tunnelbanan del 8: Kymlinge (spökstationen)". Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ a b c d e "Här är stationen där de döda går av". 2006-02-06. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
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- ^ a b "Spökhistorian om silverpilen". 2008-12-11. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ a b "Spökstationen kymlinge". Archived from the original on 2012-12-25. Retrieved 2024-04-06.