Sankt Eriksplan Metro Station
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Sankt Eriksplan (often abbreviated as S:t Eriksplan) is a station on the Green line of the Stockholm metro. It is entirely underground, and is located in the district of
Vasastaden Vasastan, or Vasastaden, may refer to: * Vasastan, Stockholm, a district in Stockholm, Sweden * Vasastan, Gothenburg, a district in Gothenburg, Sweden * Vasastaden, Linköping Vasastaden is a city district in Linköping, consisting of mostly ap ...
, which is in the borough of Norrmalm in central Stockholm. The station 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 ...
, some below street level, and is accessed via a pair of ticket halls. One ticket hall is under
Sankt Eriksplan Sankt Eriksplan is a square in the district of Vasastaden in Stockholm, Sweden. History ''Saint Erik's Plaza'' was called so after King Erik IX who is the patron saint of Stockholm and depicted in the city's coat of arms. Sankt Eriksplan me ...
itself, and the other under the intersection of and . Both ticket halls are linked to the surface by entrance pavilions containing stairs and lifts. The distance to
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is . The station was inaugurated on 26 October 1952 as a part of the section of 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 ...
and
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 ...
.


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File:St Eriksplan Metro station a.jpg, One of the entrances, 2009 File:St Eriksplan september 2016 bild 1.jpg, Another entrance, 2016 File:St Eriksplan september 2016 bild 2.jpg, Ticket barriers, 2016 File:St Eriksplan, Vasastan, Sweden maj 2012 - panoramio.jpg, On the platform, 2012


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