Skanstull, formerly known as Ringvägen, is a station on the

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of the

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. It is situated in the district of

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in central Stockholm, at the intersection of and

Götgatan Götgatan (Original Swedish ''Göthegatan''*Stahre, Nils-Gustaf; Fogelström, Per Anders (1986). Stockholms gatunamn: innerstaden. Monografier utgivna av Stockholms stad (1st edition). Stockholm: Liber/Allmänna förlaget. Libris 7269073. for " Go ...

. The station has a single

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, which is about below the street, and has two ticket halls, with access from the junctions of Götgatan with Ringvägen and . The distance to Slussen is . Skanstull is, along with

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, the oldest underground station on the metro, actually predating that system by some years. The station lies in the , a tunnel originally built in 1933 for use by routes 8 and 19 of the Stockholm tramway. On 1 October 1950, it became part of Stockholm's first metro line when the Södertunneln was adapted to become part of the line from Slussen south to

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, and the station was remodelled to full metro standard. Originally known as Ringvägen, the station took its current name when it reopened as part of the metro. The entrance at Allhelgonagatan was opened on 21 November 1957, the station was rebuilt in 2003–2004, and the platform was upgraded in 2009.

Gallery

File:Ringvägen 1935a.jpg, Ringvägen station platform, 1935 File: Entrance to the subway station Skanstull in Stockholm 1957.jpg, The entrance to Skanstull metro station, 1957 File:Skanstull 20170923 191338.jpg, Ticket hall, 2017

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Images of Skanstull by Thomas Flachsbinder
Green line (Stockholm metro) stations Railway stations opened in 1933 Railway stations opened in 1950 1933 establishments in Sweden 1950 establishments in Sweden Stockholm metro stations located underground {{Stockholm-metro-stub