Slussen is a station on the Stockholm metro and

Saltsjöbanan Saltsjöbanan () is an electrified suburban rail system between Stockholm and Saltsjöbaden in Nacka, Sweden. It is in length and has eighteen stations in use. An average of 17,200 boardings are made on an ordinary workday (2019). The line is ...

, located at

Slussen Slussen (') is an area in Stockholm, Sweden, located at the northern edge of Södermalm, adjacent to Gamla stan. It is known for its locks system between Lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea, as well as its historic role as a major transport int ...

in the district of

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. The metro station is served by the

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and

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lines, and originally opened in 1933 as an underground tram stop, on 1 October 1950 it became the terminal of the first metro line running south to

Hökarängen Hökarängen is a district in the Farsta borough of southern Stockholm. It neighbours Fagersjö to the west, Farsta to the south, Sköndal to the east and Gubbängen to the north. As of 2017, the total population of Hökarängen is 9,564 The ...

, it was again rebuilt when the extension of the line north to

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was opened on 24 November 1957. On 5 April 1964, the first stretch of the Red line, between

T-Centralen T-Centralen is the largest and busiest station on the Stockholm Metro. It is located in the Norrmalm district of central Stockholm, directly adjacent to Stockholm Central Station and Stockholm City Station, Stockholm City commuter train station. ...

and Fruängen, was opened. Slussen has also been the terminus for the

railway since the 1940s, however this has temporarily been moved to Henriksdal in 2016 due to the reconstruction of Slussen. Traffic will resume when the reconstruction is complete due in 2028. Just outside the northern entrance to the metro station, there is a bus terminal for buses to the

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and Värmdö municipalities. In November 2017 an art exhibition by Liv Strömquist at the metro station sparked a debate about the appropriateness of showing depictions of

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to children. Slussen tunnelbana 1950

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Images of Slussen
Green line (Stockholm metro) stations Red line (Stockholm metro) stations Railway stations in Sweden opened in 1950 Railway stations in Sweden opened in 1933 {{Stockholm-metro-stub