Djursholms Ekeby is a railway station at

Roslagsbanan Roslagsbanan () is a Narrow-gauge railway, narrow-gauge commuter railway system in Roslagen, Stockholm County, Sweden. Its combined route length is and there are 38 stations. It is built to the Swedish three foot gauge railways, Swedish three fo ...

in Sweden. It serves Ekeby in

Djursholm Djursholm () is one of four suburban districts in, and the seat of Danderyd Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. Djursholm is included in the multi-municipal Stockholm urban area. Djursholm is divided into a number of different areas: Djursho ...

Danderyd Municipality Danderyd Municipality (; ) is a municipality north of Stockholm in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It is one of the smallest municipalities of Sweden, but the most affluent. Its seat is located in Djursholm and it is located within Stoc ...

and is 8.3 km from

Stockholm Östra station Stockholm Östra station ( or Stockholm Ö), literally Stockholm East Station, is a railway station in Stockholm, Sweden. It serves as the terminus for the Roslagsbanan narrow-gauge railway system. Located on Drottning Kristinas Väg and Valhall ...

. The station was built at the same time as the railway, in 1885. Its original name was Djursholm, since it was situated close to

, but the name was changed to Danderyd in 1890, when the name Djursholm was transferred to the station which nowadays is called Djursholms Ösby. In 1915 the name was changed again, this time to Djursholms Danderyd, because Djursholm had become a

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. The station was then renamed Djursholms Ekeby in 1935.

References

{{reflist Roslagsbanan stations 1885 establishments in Sweden Railway stations in Sweden opened in the 1880s Railway stations opened in 1885 Danderyd Municipality 19th-century establishments in Stockholm County