Sollentuna is one of the five stations of the

Stockholm commuter rail Stockholm commuter rail () is the commuter rail system in Stockholm County, Sweden. The system is an important part of the public transport in Stockholm, and is controlled by Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. The tracks are state-owned and administere ...

Sollentuna Municipality Sollentuna Municipality (; ) is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Stockholm County in east-central Sweden, north of Stockholm. Its seat of local government is located in Tureberg, which is a part of Sollentuna urban area. Geography ...

. It is situated in the neighbourhood of Tureberg 13.3 km north of

Stockholm Central Station Stockholm Central Station (), is the main Train station, railway station in Stockholm, and largest railway station in Sweden in terms of passenger numbers and train traffic. It is located in the Norrmalm district of central Stockholm on Vasagat ...

. The station was originally called ''Tureberg'' and was opened in 1866 in a rural setting along the railway

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Uppsala Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the capital of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019. Loc ...

. The name was changed to ''Sollentuna'' in 1968 at the request of the municipality, since Tureberg is the ''de facto'' centre of the municipality. The area around the station has developed into a suburban centre with high rise buildings, a bus terminal and a large

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