Abrahamsberg is a station on the Green line of the Stockholm metro. It is located on the border between the districts of

Riksby Riksby is a suburb within the district of Västerort in Stockholm, Sweden. It is located in the borough of Bromma. History The name "Riksby" is derived from Riksby gård, a farm once located in the parish of Bromma parish. The village of R ...

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Abrahamsberg Abrahamsberg is a residential district in the Västerort section of Stockholm Municipality, Sweden, and part of the Bromma borough. It is bordered by Riksby, Stora Mossen, Ålsten, Olovslund and Åkeslund and is served by the Abrahamsberg metro ...

, which are part of the borough of

Bromma Bromma () is a Boroughs of Stockholm, borough (''stadsdelsområde'') in the western part of Stockholm, Sweden, forming part of the Stockholm Municipality. Bromma is primarily made up of Bromma Parish and Västerled Parish. The fourth largest airpo ...

in the west of the city of Stockholm. The station is above ground and has a single

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

, with access from underpass carrying Abrahamsbergsvägen under the line. The station lies on the route of a line known as the that formerly linked

Alvik Alvik is a residential district in western Stockholm municipality and part of the Bromma borough. See also * 08 Stockholm Human Rights *Alvik metro station Alvik metro station is a station on the Green line of the Stockholm metro, and on th ...

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Islandstorget Islandstorget is a station in the Stockholm metro on the Green line. It is located in the district of Södra Ängby, which is part of the borough of Bromma in the west of the city of Stockholm. The station is above ground with a single island ...

. The Ängbybanan was designed and built for use by the future metro, but was operated from 1944 as part of line 11 of the

Stockholm tramway The Stockholm tramway network forms part of the public transport system in Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden. Beginning with horse trams in 1877, the Stockholm tram network reached its largest extent in 1946. Many of the former suburban tra ...

. Abrahamsberg station was inaugurated as part of the metro on 26 October 1952 with the conversion of the Ängbybanan and its extension to form the metro line between

Hötorget Hötorget (''Haymarket'') is a city square in the center of Stockholm, Sweden that has been transitioning since the Early Medieval Period. Description To its east lies the Royal Concert Hall, to its south lies Filmstaden Sergel, one of the ...

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Vällingby Vällingby () is a suburban district in Västerort, the western part of Stockholm Municipality, Sweden. It is notable for being one of the first modern planned suburbs in Sweden. Vällingby was inaugurated in 1954 as part of Stockholm's post-war ...

. As part of ''Art in the Stockholm metro'' project, this station features tiling in both the ticket hall and stairwell in a grey scale. A stoneware frieze in the ticket hall, created by , was installed in 1999.

Gallery

File:Abrahamsberg metro 13 oktober 2018 04.jpg, Station entrance, 2019 File:Abrahamsberg metro 13 oktober 2018 03.jpg, Station building, 2018 File:Abrahamsberg metro 13 oktober 2018 08.jpg, Ticket hall, 2018 File:Abrahamsberg metro 13 oktober 2018 07.jpg, Steps to platform, 2018

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Images of Abrahamsberg
Green line (Stockholm metro) stations Railway stations in Sweden opened in 1952 1950s establishments in Stockholm {{Stockholm-metro-stub