Solna strand metro station

Solna strand
Solna strand
Stockholm metro station
	Platform
Location	Huvudsta, Solna
Coordinates	59°21′15″N 17°58′26″E / 59.35417°N 17.97389°ECoordinates: 59°21′15″N 17°58′26″E / 59.35417°N 17.97389°E
Owned by	Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
History
Opened	18 August 1985
Passengers
2019	4,500 boarding per weekday
Services
Location

Solna strand (known as Vreten until 18 August 2014^[2]) is a subway station on the Stockholm metro blue line. It was opened on 18 August 1985 as part of the extension between Västra skogen and Rinkeby^[3] and is located in the Huvudsta region of the Solna Municipality. The platform is located in bedrock, 28 m (92 ft) below ground level under Vretenvägen. The entrance is in the north end at Korta gatan. The station's theme is defined by artwork created by the Japanese-Swedish sculptor in 1985 called Himmelen av kub (The heaven of cube).

An office building in Solna strand

It is located in and named after Solna Strand, a former industrial area on the shore of Lake Mälaren that has since developed into an area of office buildings. Organisations here include the Swedish Tax Authority, Hewlett-Packard and Axfood.^[4]^[5] There is also a power plant by the coast. Until 2014 the area was called Vretens industriområde (Vreten industrial area), after the farmstead called Vreten which was located here in the 19th century.^[6] Solna Business Park is located across the Mälaren Line railway to the north, and the Sundbyberg Municipality districts Lilla Alby and Central Sundbyberg are located to the west.

Gallery[]

Entrance
Artwork on the platform

References[]

^ "Fakta om SL och regionen 2019" (PDF) (in Swedish). Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. p. 51. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
^ Wiik, Christer (18 August 2014). "Solna strand ersätter Vreten". Järnvägsnyheter.se (in Swedish). Conventus Media House AB. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
^ Schwandl, Robert. "Stockholm". urbanrail.
^ "Vretens t-banestation byter namn". Sveriges Television. 12 Nov 2013. Retrieved 21 Mar 2021.
^ "Komplexität am Arbeitsplatz - Bürobau in Stockholm von Tham & Videgård". BauNetz. 18 Mar 2021. Retrieved 22 Mar 2021.
^ "Till minne av Vreten, 1985-2014". Dagens Nyheter. 2014-08-18. Retrieved 21 Mar 2021.