Arlanda Central Station | |
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General information | |
Coordinates | 59°38′59″N 17°55′45″E / 59.64959°N 17.92912°E |
Owned by | A-Train |
Line(s) | East Coast Line |
Construction | |
Structure type | Underground |
History | |
Opened | 2000 |
Passengers | |
2019 | 2,500 boarding per weekday[1] (Stockholm commuter rail) |
Arlanda Central Station (Swedish: Arlanda centralstation) or Arlanda C is a railway station on the Arlanda Line serving Stockholm-Arlanda Airport in Sweden. It is served by regional, intercity, and night trains operated by SJ, and since December 2012 also by Stockholm commuter rail. Upptåget, which used to operate a commuter service between Upplands Väsby and Uppsala via Arlanda C, now only runs a few morning and night trains on weekends.
History
Plans for a railway line from the city center of Stockholm to the airport started in the early 1990s. 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 East Coast Line from Rosersberg and back at Odensala. Financing was secured by introducing Sweden's first public–private partnership, whereby a private consortium would be granted a 40-year permit to operate the line in exchange for all direct traffic and the right to collect usage fees from other train companies. The contract was won by A-Train in 1994, which started construction in 1995 and completed the line and station in 1999,[2] with Arlanda C itself opening in 2000 on the East Coast Line shortly after the opening of Arlanda North and Arlanda South stations.
From 2006 to 2012, Upptåget operated a commuter train service every 30 minutes between Upplands Väsby and Uppsala via Arlanda C. At Upplands Väsby, passengers could transfer to Stockholm commuter rail.[3] When Stockholm commuter rail started its service from Älvsjö (Tumba) to Uppsala C, Upptåget ended its commuter service, except for a few morning and night trains on weekends.
Facilities
Arlanda C is one of three train stations at Arlanda, the other two being Arlanda North Station and Arlanda South Station, both which are exclusively served by the Arlanda Express. Arlanda C is located directly under SkyCity, which is between terminal 4 and 5,[3] and is 39 kilometres (24 mi) from Stockholm Central Station. It is located in a 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) long tunnel, which is one of the longest railway tunnels in Sweden.[4]
Services
The station is served by 70 daily regional and long-distance trains operated by SJ.
SJ operates northbound fast trains from Stockholm to Östersund, Sundsvall and Umeå.
Since 9 December 2012, Stockholm commuter rail trains stop at Arlanda C every 30 minutes (60 minutes on weekend mornings and nights). It takes 36 minutes from Arlanda C to Stockholm City station, and 18 minutes to Uppsala C.[5][6]
Preceding station | Stockholm commuter rail | Following station | ||
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Knivsta towards Uppsala Central |
40 | Upplands Väsby towards Södertälje Centrum | ||
Preceding station | SJ | Following station | ||
Uppsala Central towards Duved |
Northern Main Line | Stockholm Central Terminus | ||
Uppsala Central towards Umeå Central |
East Coast Line | |||
Uppsala Central towards Falun Central or Mora |
Dala Line | |||
Preceding station | Vy Tåg | Following station | ||
Uppsala Central | Night Trains to Upper Norrland | Stockholm Central Terminus |
References
- ↑ "Fakta om SL och regionen 2019" (PDF) (in Swedish). Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. p. 52. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ↑ "History". Arlanda Express. Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- 1 2 "Trains". Swedavia. Archived from the original on 13 December 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ↑ "Stockholm-Märsta/Arlanda-Uppsala". Järnväg.net. Archived from the original on 12 October 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ↑ "Nu startar pendeltågslinjen till Arlanda och Uppsala – AB Storstockholms Lokaltrafik". Archived from the original on 2013-05-23. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
- ↑ Commuter rail service now available at Stockholm Arlanda Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine. Swedavia. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
External links
- Media related to Arlanda Central train station at Wikimedia Commons